Noisy Falls is a roadside waterfall near Cosby, Tennessee. There may not be much water flow on this waterfall, but it is still pretty to look at. The total height is between 20-30 feet.
This waterfall is similar to the Place of a Thousand Drips, located nearby in the Smoky Mountains National Park. Noisy Falls looks best after a good rain which dramatically showcases the flow of water splitting into intricate pathways that cascade around the rocks causing a spiderweb effect on the way down toward the bottom of the waterfall. However if there hasn’t been a good rain recently it is reduced to trickles of water and you’ll drive right past it without even knowing it was there (even when you are looking for it).
During Spring, the green moss with all the different waterways spreading out across the rock face is quite beautiful and worth checking out if you are nearby in the Greenbrier area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park or in Cosby.
Noisy Falls is located 5.7 miles east of the Greenbrier junction along U.S. 321. Park at a small unsigned grassy shoulder just wide enough to park along the north side of the road. It’s just beyond (east) of the private drive named Noisy Falls Lane.
From Cosby, the location is 6.5 miles past the highway’s junction with SR 32. You will enter Sevier County. Smoky Bear Campground is just shy of two miles before you reach the waterfall. You’ll see a sign for Pittman Center right before you come to a bridge. Park in the grassy area just before you reach the bridge in front of the sign. The waterfall is on the opposite side of the road even with the middle of the bridge. If crossing the road to view the waterfall, be careful as people speed through this section of road (ask us how we know).
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