Bluehole Branch Falls is a 17-foot waterfall on Bluehole Branch in Overton County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region. It lies about 10.3 miles southeast of Livingston and roughly 73.4 miles west of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 17 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 236th of 332. 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. Rainbow Falls, a 110-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Big Sunk Cane Falls, a 70-foot plunge waterfall, is about 5.7 miles away. East Fork Obey Falls, a 20-foot block waterfall, is about 7.7 miles away.
Bluehole Branch Falls is located at 36.3085° N, 85.1628° 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.