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Broke Leg Falls

Menifee County, Kentucky

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Menifee County, Kentucky
Access status
Partial guide: current condition of park stairs and trails not confirmed
The walk
Short stair descent; length not measured
Ground & access
Steep stairs down a cliff into a box canyon. A teenager was seriously hurt in a fall near the falls in 2023 and had to be lifted out by helicopter. Stay on the stairs and away from cliff edges.
Ed Henson: Broke Leg Falls (2013)

Broke Leg Falls, about 80 feet, has been a roadside stop on US 460 in eastern Menifee County since the 1940s. Menifee County bought the site as a park and added parking, picnic shelters and trails. Rock stairways lead down into the box canyon below a large overhang; after a 2012 tornado the falls also became visible from the road, and the bridge and stairs were later repaired.

Plan your visit

Broke Leg Falls county park beside US 460, stairs down into the box canyon

Sources describe the falls only a few yards from US 460 and a short descent by stairs into the box canyon. No distance is given.

Steep stairs down a cliff into a box canyon. A teenager was seriously hurt in a fall near the falls in 2023 and had to be lifted out by helicopter. Stay on the stairs and away from cliff edges.

Where to start

County park parking beside US 460 near Wellington. Current lot condition unverified.

Timing & water

Water flow is small for much of the year; best after rain. Current condition of the park trails and stairs was not confirmed.

Before you go

No current fee or reservation is mentioned in the reviewed sources.

Visitor information
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Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Menifee County, Kentucky.

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