Sheep Falls is a 90-foot waterfall in White County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region. It lies about 9.7 miles southeast of Sparta and roughly 53.8 miles north of East Chattanooga as the crow flies.
At 90 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 27th; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. The tallest single drop is 50 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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.
White County holds 21 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Virgin Falls, a 110-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Big Laurel Falls, a 40-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Big Branch Falls, a 15-foot fan waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away.
Sheep Falls is located at 35.8416° N, 85.3251° 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.