Rock Creek Falls is a waterfall on Rock Creek in Unicoi County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 50 feet. It lies about 4.2 miles south of Unicoi and roughly 12.3 miles south of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 50 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 78th; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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. Rock Creek carries 5 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 65 feet.
There are 20 recorded waterfalls in Unicoi County. Lower Rock Creek Falls, a 30-foot fan waterfall, is under a mile away. Coyote Falls, a 35-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Dick Creek Falls, a 22-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away.
Rock Creek Falls is located at 36.1358° N, 82.3384° 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.