Rowans Creek Falls is a waterfall on Rowans Creek in Blount County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 13 feet. It lies about 15.8 miles south of Wildwood and roughly 27 miles south of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 13 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 259th of 332. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Rowans Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Rowans Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 20 recorded waterfalls in Blount County. Upper Rowans Creek Falls, a cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Crooked Arm Falls, a 25-foot segmented waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away. Mill Creek Falls, a 200-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2.1 miles away.
Rowans Creek Falls is located at 35.5871° N, 83.7802° 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.