Middle Suter Falls is a waterfall on Rocky Mountain Creek in Grundy County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 30 feet. It lies about 3 miles northeast of Gruetli-Laager and roughly 30 miles northwest of Chattanooga 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. The water comes down as a fan, spreading out horizontally as it falls and staying in contact with the rock.
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. Rocky Mountain Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 50 feet.
There are 28 recorded waterfalls in Grundy County. Suter Falls, a 50-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Horsepound Falls, a 25-foot block waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Skinny Falls, is about 2.1 miles away.
Middle Suter Falls is located at 35.4116° N, 85.5971° 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.