Pine Creek Falls is a waterfall on Pine Creek in DeKalb County, Tennessee, in the Interior Plateau region, with a total height of about 30 feet. It lies about 4.4 miles southeast of Smithville and roughly 35.5 miles east of Murfreesboro 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 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. Pine Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Pine Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 6 recorded waterfalls in DeKalb County. Cul-Car-Mac Falls, a 90-foot fan waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away. Evins Mill Falls, a 105-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Waterfalls Hollow Falls, a plunge waterfall, is about 6.6 miles away.
Pine Creek Falls is located at 35.9136° N, 85.7619° 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.