282-acre (1.14 km2) state park featuring Cummins Falls, a 75-foot (23 m) waterfall, which is located on the Blackburn Fork State Scenic River
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Overview
Cummins Falls State Park is a 282-acre (1.14 km2) state park located northwest of Cookeville, Tennessee. Its namesake, Cummins Falls, is a 75-foot (23 m) waterfall, which is located on the Blackburn Fork State Scenic River. The park was purchased and created by the Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation in 2011.
Activities
Picnicking, hiking, and fishing may be done at Cummins Falls State Park.
Cummins Falls is a waterfall on the Blackburn Fork River in southern Jackson County, Tennessee. By volume, it is the eighth largest waterfall in Tennessee. The falls, with a total height of seventy-five feet, consist of two drops. The first has a plunge drop of fifty feet, ending in a shallow pool. The second has a cascade drop of twenty-five feet into a larger, deeper pool, or "swimming hole". In 2010, Cummins Falls was named "Tenth Best Swimming Hole in America" by Travel + Leisure magazine.
The falls, on land owned continuously by the Cummins family since 1825, was purchased by the Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation and designated a public park in 2011.
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