Upper Taylor Creek Falls is a waterfall on Taylor Creek in White County, Tennessee, in the Interior Plateau region, with a total height of about 25 feet. It lies about 10.1 miles northwest of Sparta and roughly 44.5 miles east of Murfreesboro 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 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. Taylor Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 80 feet.
There are 21 recorded waterfalls in White County. Fancher Falls, an 80-foot punchbowl waterfall, is under a mile away. Mist Falls, an 80-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Middle Falls, a 30-foot block waterfall, is about 3.1 miles away.
Upper Taylor Creek Falls is located at 36.0010° N, 85.6185° 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 exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.