Big Sunk Cane Falls is a 70-foot waterfall in Overton County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region. It lies about 7.3 miles northeast of Monterey and roughly 72.5 miles east of Murfreesboro as the crow flies.
At 70 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 49th; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. 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.
Overton County holds 7 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Bluehole Branch Falls, a 17-foot plunge waterfall, is about 5.7 miles away. Rainbow Falls, a 110-foot plunge waterfall, is about 5.8 miles away. East Fork Obey Falls, a 20-foot block waterfall, is about 8.3 miles away.
Big Sunk Cane Falls is located at 36.2273° N, 85.1822° 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.