Honey Creek Falls is a waterfall on Honey Creek in Scott County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 20 feet. It lies about 9.3 miles west of Huntsville and roughly 52.2 miles northwest of Knoxville 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. The water comes down as 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. Honey Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Honey Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 18 recorded waterfalls in Scott County. Ice Castle Falls, a 40-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Secluded Falls, a 20-foot punchbowl waterfall, is under a mile away. Boulder House Falls, a 12-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away.
Honey Creek Falls is located at 36.4269° N, 84.6567° 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.