Boones Creek Falls is a 2-foot waterfall on Boones Creek in Washington County, Tennessee, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 2.1 miles south of Oak Grove and roughly 5.8 miles northwest of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 2 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 332 Tennessee waterfalls with a documented height only 0 are shorter, while the typical Tennessee waterfall stands around 30 feet. By form it is a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
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. Boones Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Boones Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
Washington County holds 5 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Saint John Mill Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 6 miles away. Watauga Bluffs Falls, 30 feet high, is about 6.4 miles away. Fall Branch Falls, a 40-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 12.6 miles away.
Boones Creek Falls is located at 36.3836° N, 82.4115° 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.