Old Falls is a waterfall on Cavender Branch in Hickman County, Tennessee, in the Interior Plateau region, with a total height of about 20 feet. It lies about 5.4 miles south of Bon Aqua Junction and roughly 24.2 miles west of Franklin as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 199th of 332. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Interior Plateau is a rolling limestone landscape of pasture, oak-hickory woodland and cedar glades in Kentucky and Tennessee, riddled with springs, sinkholes and caves. Waterfalls drop over limestone ledges and in karst valleys.
There are 5 recorded waterfalls in Hickman County. Jackson Falls, a 40-foot tiered waterfall, is about 10.7 miles away. Hickman Springs Falls, a horsetail waterfall, is about 11.1 miles away. Falls Branch Falls, is about 15.3 miles away.
Old Falls is located at 35.8512° N, 87.2919° 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.