Mystery Falls is an 8-foot waterfall on North Chickamauga Creek in Hamilton County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region. It lies about 3.6 miles northwest of Falling Water and roughly 12.6 miles north of East Chattanooga as the crow flies.
At 8 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 311th of 332. By form it is a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls.
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.
Hamilton County holds 15 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Chickamauga Pocket Falls, a 40-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 3 miles away. Power Line Falls, a 140-foot plunge waterfall, is about 3.1 miles away. Clear Branch Falls, a 40-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.2 miles away.
Mystery Falls is located at 35.2442° N, 85.2933° 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.