Margarette Falls is a waterfall on Dry Creek in Greene County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 60 feet. It lies about 8.5 miles south of Tusculum and roughly 26.9 miles southwest of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 60th; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. The water comes down as 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. Dry Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Margarette Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 14 recorded waterfalls in Greene County. Glen Falls, 8 feet high, is under a mile away. Bailey Falls, a 50-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Davis Creek Falls, a 45-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away.
Margarette Falls is located at 36.0566° N, 82.7171° 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.