Slave Falls is a waterfall in Pickett County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 70 feet. It lies about 11.6 miles northeast of Jamestown and roughly 61.5 miles northwest of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 70 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 49th; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. The water comes down as a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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.
There are 2 recorded waterfalls in Pickett County. Double Falls, a 35-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.4 miles away. Root Falls, an 8-foot plunge waterfall, is about 5.7 miles away. Joy Falls, a 70-foot fan waterfall, is about 5.8 miles away.
Slave Falls is located at 36.5317° N, 84.7673° 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.