Petes Branch Falls is a waterfall on Petes Branch in Greene County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 45 feet. It lies about 8.5 miles southeast of Tusculum and roughly 22.8 miles southwest of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 45 feet it is taller than the typical Tennessee waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 95th of 332 with a recorded height. The water comes down as a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls.
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.
There are 14 recorded waterfalls in Greene County. Squibb Creek Falls, 25 feet high, is under a mile away. Sarvis Creek Cascades, a cascade waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Jennings Creek Falls, is about 1.7 miles away.
Petes Branch Falls is located at 36.0874° N, 82.6512° 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.