Deer Gap Falls is a waterfall on Buffalo Cove Creek in Fentress County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 70 feet. It lies about 3.1 miles south of Jamestown and roughly 64.5 miles northwest of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 70 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 49th; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 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.
There are 11 recorded waterfalls in Fentress County. Fern Camp Cascade, a 20-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away. Rockcastle Falls, a 75-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Magendanz Falls, is about 3.7 miles away.
Deer Gap Falls is located at 36.3850° N, 84.9505° 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 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.