Falling Rock Falls is a 90-foot waterfall on Eddings Creek in Shelby County, Alabama, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 5.6 miles northwest of Montevallo and roughly 16.9 miles south of Hoover as the crow flies.
At 90 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 29 Alabama waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 4th.
The Ridge and Valley is a corridor of long, parallel forested ridges and farmed limestone valleys running the length of the Appalachians. Waterfalls occur where streams cut through resistant sandstone on the ridges.
Shelby County holds 5 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Upper Davis Falls, is about 3.7 miles away. Weaver Falls, is about 3.9 miles away. Davis Falls, is about 4 miles away.
Falling Rock Falls is located at 33.1741° N, 86.9071° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.