Clear Branch Falls is a waterfall on Clear Branch in Hamilton County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 40 feet. It lies about 2.1 miles northeast of Falling Water and roughly 11.4 miles north of East Chattanooga as the crow flies.
At 40 feet it is taller than the typical Tennessee waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 103rd 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 2 drops.
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. Clear Branch carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 75 feet.
There are 15 recorded waterfalls in Hamilton County. Power Line Falls, a 140-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Stripmine Falls, a 15-foot block waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Chickamauga Pocket Falls, a 40-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away.
Clear Branch Falls is located at 35.2307° N, 85.2389° 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.