Step Falls is a 30-foot waterfall in Scott County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region. It lies about 8.9 miles northwest of Oneida and roughly 58.2 miles northwest of Knoxville 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. By form it is 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.
Scott County holds 18 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Joy Falls, a 70-foot fan waterfall, is about 2.5 miles away. Root Falls, an 8-foot plunge waterfall, is about 2.6 miles away. Fall Branch Falls, a 10-foot block waterfall, is about 5 miles away.
Step Falls is located at 36.5613° N, 84.6529° 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.