Coker Creek Falls is a 45-foot waterfall on Coker Creek in Polk County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 12.3 miles southeast of Etowah and roughly 50.5 miles east of East Chattanooga as the crow flies.
At 45 feet it is taller than the typical Tennessee waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 95th of 332 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 18 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 4 drops.
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.
Polk County holds 10 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower Turtletown Falls, a 55-foot block waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away. Turtletown Falls, a 25-foot segmented waterfall, is about 2.5 miles away. Towee Falls, a 35-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.7 miles away.
Coker Creek Falls is located at 35.1973° N, 84.3703° 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.