Lower Rock Creek Falls is a 30-foot waterfall on Rock Creek in Unicoi County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 3.9 miles south of Unicoi and roughly 12.1 miles south of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is taller than the typical Tennessee waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 136th of 332 with a recorded height. By form it is a fan, spreading out horizontally as it falls and staying in contact with the rock.
The Blue Ridge is the highest part of the southern Appalachians, a range of forested peaks and coves with oak, hickory, tulip poplar and hemlock and spruce-fir on the summits, in one of the wettest climates in the East. Steep mountain streams drop over granite, gneiss and quartzite ledges, giving the region hundreds of waterfalls. Rock Creek carries 5 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 65 feet.
Unicoi County holds 20 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Rock Creek Falls, a 50-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Dick Creek Falls, a 22-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away. Coyote Falls, a 35-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away.
Lower Rock Creek Falls is located at 36.1389° N, 82.3427° 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.