Ruby Falls Waterfall In Tennessee

However during the current pandemic i would not recommend anyone do this tour.

Ruby falls waterfall in tennessee.

Discover wonder at ruby falls. Ruby falls is the nation s tallest and deepest underground waterfall open to the public. The breathtaking falls were accidentally discovered by leo lambert in 1928 deep within lookout mountain in chattanooga tennessee. Ruby falls is a 145ft underground waterfall the world s tallest publicly accessible one in a cave system beneath lookout mountain near chattanooga tennessee.

There is always something new to learn discover and experience at ruby falls with events and cave adventures throughout the year. Ruby falls has a reasonably priced guided tour inside a cave that leads to an inside waterfall. Descend 260 feet by elevator into the mountain and explore the cavern trail to the tallest and deepest cave waterfall open to the public in the united states. It collects in a pool in the cave floor and then continues through the mountain until finally joining the tennessee river at the base of lookout mountain.

The stream 1 120 feet underground is fed both by rainwater and natural springs. The falls are located at the end of the main passage of ruby falls cave in a large vertical shaft. Lambert named the falls after his wife ruby and opened the chattanooga attraction to the public in 1929.