Butterfly Creek Falls is a waterfall on Butterfly Creek in Blount County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 12 feet. It lies about 6.1 miles southeast of Maryville and roughly 18.6 miles south of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 12 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 264th of 332. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 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.
There are 20 recorded waterfalls in Blount County. Walland Cascade, 8 feet high, is about 4.6 miles away. Abrams Falls, a 25-foot punchbowl waterfall, is about 5.8 miles away. Crooked Arm Falls, a 25-foot segmented waterfall, is about 8.6 miles away.
Butterfly Creek Falls is located at 35.6922° N, 83.8952° 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.