Big Swan Creek Falls is a 20-foot waterfall on Big Swan Creek in Lewis County, Tennessee, in the Interior Plateau region. It lies about 8.6 miles west of Mount Pleasant and roughly 40.3 miles southwest of Franklin as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 199th of 332. By form it is 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.
Lewis County holds 4 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Eagle Falls, a 10-foot block waterfall, is about 3.3 miles away. Hampshire Falls, a 10-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 4.9 miles away. Rattlesnake Falls, a 50-foot tiered waterfall, is about 6 miles away.
Big Swan Creek Falls is located at 35.4948° N, 87.3526° 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.