Douglas Falls is a 20-foot waterfall on Paint Creek in Greene County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 13.3 miles south of Greeneville and roughly 30.5 miles northwest of Asheville 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 block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
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. Paint Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Douglas Falls is the tallest of them.
Greene County holds 14 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Dudley Falls, a 12-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away. Surprise Falls, a block waterfall, is about 5.8 miles away across the state line in North Carolina. Needles Falls, a 6-foot block waterfall, is about 7.1 miles away across the state line in North Carolina.
Douglas Falls is located at 35.9713° N, 82.8503° 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.