Double Drop Falls is an 8-foot waterfall on Clear Creek in Morgan County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region. It lies about 9.3 miles northeast of Fairfield Glade and roughly 50.6 miles west of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 8 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 311th of 332. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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. Clear Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 12 feet.
Morgan County holds 14 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Melton Mill Branch Falls, a 30-foot block waterfall, is about 5 miles away. Lower Melton Mill Branch Falls, a 13-foot fan waterfall, is about 5.1 miles away. Lower Potters Falls, an 18-foot tiered waterfall, is about 13 miles away.
Double Drop Falls is located at 36.1189° N, 84.8057° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.