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Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, Corbin, KY

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Cumberland Falls State Resort Park

See the 68-foot Cumberland Falls pour a 125-foot-wide curtain of water and, on clear full-moon nights, a rare moonbow.

7351 Highway 90 · Corbin, KY

About Cumberland Falls State Resort Park

Cumberland Falls drops about 68 feet in a 125-foot-wide curtain of water into a boulder-strewn gorge, which earned it the nickname Niagara of the South. On clear nights around the full moon, the mist can form a moonbow you can see with the naked eye. The park sits inside Daniel Boone National Forest, with hiking trails, cabins and the 44-foot Eagle Falls nearby.

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