Big Tumbling Creek Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on Big Tumbling Creek in Smyth County, Virginia, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 5.1 miles northwest of Saltville and roughly 48.4 miles northeast of Kingsport as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
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 2 recorded waterfalls in Smyth County. Brumley Creek Falls, an 18-foot block waterfall, is about 12.1 miles away. Big Falls, a block waterfall, is about 12.5 miles away. Falls Hill Creek Falls, is about 15 miles away.
Big Tumbling Creek Falls is located at 36.9322° N, 81.8298° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.