Buffalo Creek Falls is a 20-foot waterfall on Buffalo Creek in Grainger County, Tennessee, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 5.6 miles southwest of Rutledge and roughly 26.5 miles northeast of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 199th of 332.
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.
Grainger County holds 6 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Beeler Mill Falls, a 12-foot cascade waterfall, is about 8.9 miles away. Cracker Creek Feeder, a 10-foot tiered waterfall, is about 9 miles away. Bridgeport Church Falls, a 25-foot tiered waterfall, is about 10 miles away.
Buffalo Creek Falls is located at 36.2070° N, 83.5563° 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.