Blue Hole Falls is a waterfall on Mill Creek in Carter County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 45 feet. It lies about 6.4 miles northeast of Hunter and roughly 17.7 miles northeast of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 45 feet it is taller than the typical Tennessee waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 95th of 332 with a recorded height. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 4 drops.
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. Mill Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 200 feet.
There are 17 recorded waterfalls in Carter County. North Fork Stony Creek Falls, 30 feet high, is about 5.9 miles away. Sulphur Spring Branch Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 6.1 miles away. Big Laurel Branch Falls, a 50-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 6.8 miles away.
Blue Hole Falls is located at 36.4329° N, 82.0726° 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 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.