Yellow Pine Falls is a 15-foot waterfall in Grundy County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region. It lies about 1.7 miles south of Tracy City and roughly 28 miles northwest of Chattanooga as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 240th of 332. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Southwestern Appalachians are the Cumberland Plateau and its escarpments, a sandstone tableland covered in oak and mixed mesophytic forest and cut by deep gorges. Creeks pour off the plateau rim over sandstone caprock into gorges, creating many tall, dramatic falls.
Grundy County holds 28 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Gizzard Cascade, a 20-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Sycamore Falls, a 12-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away. Blue Hole Falls, a 9-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away.
Yellow Pine Falls is located at 35.2374° N, 85.7472° 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 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.