Little Falls is a 20-foot waterfall on Falling Water River in Putnam County, Tennessee, in the Interior Plateau region. It lies about 8 miles south of Baxter and roughly 46.5 miles east of Murfreesboro 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 cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Falling Water River carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 136 feet.
Putnam County holds 8 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Falling Water Cascades, a 10-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Middle Falls, a 30-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away. Burgess Falls, a 136-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away.
Little Falls is located at 36.0439° N, 85.5964° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.