Conasauga Falls is a 35-foot waterfall on Conasauga Creek in Monroe County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 11 miles east of Etowah and roughly 50.9 miles southwest of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 35 feet it is taller than the typical Tennessee waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 123rd of 332 with a recorded height. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 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.
Monroe County holds 30 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Fall Branch Falls, a 130-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.7 miles away. Towee Falls, a 35-foot tiered waterfall, is about 4.5 miles away. Bullet Creek Falls, a 35-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 6.2 miles away.
Conasauga Falls is located at 35.3043° N, 84.3315° 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.