Upper Falls is a waterfall on Factory Branch in Franklin County, Tennessee, in the Interior Plateau region, with a total height of about 25 feet. It lies about 10.2 miles east of Brighton and roughly 31.5 miles northeast of Huntsville as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 171st of 332. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
The Interior Plateau is a rolling limestone landscape of pasture, oak-hickory woodland and cedar glades in Kentucky and Tennessee, riddled with springs, sinkholes and caves. Waterfalls drop over limestone ledges and in karst valleys. Factory Branch carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Upper Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 12 recorded waterfalls in Franklin County. Falls Mill Falls, a 6-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away. Jericho, Falls of, a tiered waterfall, is about 11.6 miles away. Cave Cove Falls, a 10-foot plunge waterfall, is about 12.9 miles away.
Upper Falls is located at 35.0995° N, 86.2608° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.