Jumpoff Falls is a waterfall on Jumpoff Cove Branch in Marion County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 90 feet. It lies about 6.1 miles southeast of Sewanee and roughly 30.9 miles west of Chattanooga as the crow flies.
At 90 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 27th; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet.
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.
There are 16 recorded waterfalls in Marion County. Falls Branch Falls, a 15-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away. Collins Falls, is about 1.7 miles away. Tom Pack Falls, 20 feet high, is about 2.9 miles away.
Jumpoff Falls is located at 35.1430° N, 85.8425° 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 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.