Turtletown Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Turtletown Creek in Polk County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 12.3 miles north of McCaysville and roughly 51.1 miles east of East Chattanooga as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 171st of 332. By form it is a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls.
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. Turtletown Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 55 feet.
Polk County holds 10 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower Turtletown Falls, a 55-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away. Coker Creek Falls, a 45-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.5 miles away. Towee Falls, a 35-foot tiered waterfall, is about 6.1 miles away.
Turtletown Falls is located at 35.1640° N, 84.3529° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.