Wilson Falls is a waterfall on Meigs Post Prong in Sevier County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 580 feet. It lies about 8.8 miles south of Gatlinburg and roughly 35.4 miles southeast of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 580 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 332 Tennessee waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 1st. The water comes down as 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. Meigs Post Prong carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Wilson Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 37 recorded waterfalls in Sevier County. Meigs Post Falls, a 13-foot segmented waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Tomahawk Prong Falls, is about 1.7 miles away. Talking Falls, 15 feet high, is about 2 miles away.
Wilson Falls is located at 35.5890° N, 83.4852° 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 creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. 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.