Spruce Flats Falls is located .72 miles from the Lumber Ridge Trailhead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The waterfall and trail are not labeled on most maps (nor on signs at the trailhead), making Spruce Flats one of the best kept secrets in the Park.

Spruce Flats Falls is comprised of one 20' tier and three shorter tiers

Spruce Flats Falls is not labeled on most maps, making it one of the best kept waterfall secrets in the Smokies

If you don't getting wet, you can scramble up the far side of the upper tier

Spruce Flats spills into Middle Prong along Tremont Road a few hundred yards from the falls

Dark rock and an enveloping canopy create ideal contrasts on the falls

The short trail is line with laurel, which reaches peak bloom by mid-May

The Lumber Ridge Trail begins at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont

The upper tier's drop pool is large and deep enough for swimming

The Spruce Flats Trail is short but generally steep in both directions