Falls Mill Falls is a waterfall on Factory Branch in Franklin County, Tennessee, in the Interior Plateau region, with a total height of about 6 feet. It lies about 10.1 miles east of Brighton and roughly 31.4 miles northeast of Huntsville as the crow flies.
At 6 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 332 Tennessee waterfalls with a documented height only 3 are shorter, while the typical Tennessee waterfall stands around 30 feet. The water comes down as a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
The Interior Plateau is a rolling limestone landscape of pasture, oak-hickory woodland and cedar glades in Kentucky and Tennessee, riddled with springs, sinkholes and caves. Waterfalls drop over limestone ledges and in karst valleys. Factory Branch carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 25 feet.
There are 12 recorded waterfalls in Franklin County. Upper Falls, a 25-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Jericho, Falls of, a tiered waterfall, is about 11.7 miles away. Cave Cove Falls, a 10-foot plunge waterfall, is about 12.9 miles away.
Falls Mill Falls is located at 35.0991° N, 86.2618° 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.