Pilot Falls is a waterfall on Caney Fork in Cumberland County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 10 feet. It lies about 9.2 miles west of Lake Tansi and roughly 57 miles north of East Chattanooga as the crow flies.
At 10 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 279th of 332. The water comes down as a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
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. Caney Fork carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 20 feet.
There are 6 recorded waterfalls in Cumberland County. Copper Cascades, a cascade waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Puncheon Camp Creek Twin Falls, a segmented waterfall, is about 2.7 miles away. Twin Falls, 10 feet high, is about 2.8 miles away.
Pilot Falls is located at 35.8905° N, 85.2175° 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.