Galloping Waters is a stretch of rapids in Lauderdale County, Alabama, in the Interior Plateau region. It lies about 6.2 miles east of East Florence and roughly 35.5 miles northwest of Decatur as the crow flies.
The Interior Plateau is a rolling limestone landscape of pasture, oak-hickory woodland and cedar glades in Kentucky and Tennessee, riddled with springs, sinkholes and caves. Waterfalls drop over limestone ledges and in karst valleys.
Lauderdale County holds 3 recorded rapids, and several are close by. Forked Ripple, a historical rapids rapid, is about 5.6 miles away. Cedar Ripple, a historical rapids rapid, is about 6.6 miles away. Jackson Chute, a historical rapids rapid, is about 11.8 miles away.
Galloping Waters is located at 34.8315° N, 87.5442° W. The listing is based on the USGS Geographic Names Information System, 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 rapid yet.