Bailey Falls is a waterfall on Dry Creek in Greene County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 50 feet. It lies about 8.7 miles south of Tusculum and roughly 27 miles southwest of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 50 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 78th; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Dry Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 60 feet.
There are 14 recorded waterfalls in Greene County. Glen Falls, 8 feet high, is under a mile away. Margarette Falls, a 60-foot fan waterfall, is under a mile away. Davis Creek Falls, a 45-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away.
Bailey Falls is located at 36.0545° N, 82.7158° 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.