Yellow Creek Falls is a waterfall on Yellow Creek in Monroe County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 25 feet. It lies about 5 miles east of Etowah and roughly 48.3 miles east of East Chattanooga 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 fan, spreading out horizontally as it falls and staying in contact with the rock.
The Blue Ridge is the highest part of the southern Appalachians, a range of forested peaks and coves with oak, hickory, tulip poplar and hemlock and spruce-fir on the summits, in one of the wettest climates in the East. Steep mountain streams drop over granite, gneiss and quartzite ledges, giving the region hundreds of waterfalls.
There are 30 recorded waterfalls in Monroe County. Bullet Creek Falls, a 35-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Towee Falls, a 35-foot tiered waterfall, is about 4.8 miles away. Gee Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 5.8 miles away.
Yellow Creek Falls is located at 35.2959° N, 84.4421° 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.