Little Keown Falls is a 35-foot waterfall in Walker County, Georgia, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 11.2 miles northwest of Calhoun and roughly 32.4 miles south of Chattanooga as the crow flies.
At 35 feet it is on the modest side for Georgia, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 44.5 feet; it ranks 47th of 80. By form it is a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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.
Walker County holds 13 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Keown Falls, a 60-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Waterfall Branch Falls, is about 15.9 miles away. Lost Wall Falls, a plunge waterfall, is about 16.2 miles away.
Little Keown Falls is located at 34.6114° N, 85.0960° 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.