Bowman Falls is a 20-foot waterfall in Jackson County, Tennessee, in the Interior Plateau region. It lies about 4.4 miles southwest of Dodson Branch and roughly 53.6 miles northeast of Murfreesboro 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 plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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.
Jackson County holds 8 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Cummins Falls, a 50-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Dry Creek Falls, a plunge waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away. Judd Hollow Falls, is about 2.2 miles away.
Bowman Falls is located at 36.2621° N, 85.5808° 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.