Big Branch Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on Big Branch in Scott County, Virginia, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 7.9 miles northwest of Gate City and roughly 13 miles northwest of Kingsport as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet.
The Ridge and Valley is a corridor of long, parallel forested ridges and farmed limestone valleys running the length of the Appalachians. Waterfalls occur where streams cut through resistant sandstone on the ridges.
There are 7 recorded waterfalls in Scott County. Cove Creek Cascades, a tiered waterfall, is about 7.5 miles away. Monkey Falls, is about 11.2 miles away. Dolan Branch Falls, a 20-foot plunge waterfall, is about 14.2 miles away across the state line in Tennessee.
Big Branch Falls is located at 36.7017° N, 82.6988° 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.