Deer Lick Falls is a 55-foot waterfall on Dry Creek in Grundy County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region. It lies about 3.4 miles west of Tracy City and roughly 31.5 miles northwest of Chattanooga as the crow flies.
At 55 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 71st; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. By form it is a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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. Dry Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 60 feet.
Grundy County holds 28 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Monteagle Falls, a 40-foot plunge waterfall, is about 2.1 miles away. Spirit Falls, is about 2.2 miles away. Twin Falls, is about 2.3 miles away.
Deer Lick Falls is located at 35.2721° N, 85.7942° 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.