Ramsay Cascades is a 65-foot waterfall on Ramsay Prong in Sevier County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 11.8 miles east of Gatlinburg and roughly 38.9 miles southeast of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 65 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 55th; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
The Blue Ridge is the highest part of the southern Appalachians, a range of forested peaks and coves with oak, hickory, tulip poplar and hemlock and spruce-fir on the summits, in one of the wettest climates in the East. Steep mountain streams drop over granite, gneiss and quartzite ledges, giving the region hundreds of waterfalls.
Sevier County holds 37 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Little Laurel Branch Cascade, is about 3.1 miles away. Hen Wallow Falls, a 45-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 5 miles away. Rhododendron Creek Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 5.1 miles away.
Ramsay Cascades is located at 35.7085° N, 83.3008° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.