Elrod Falls is a 143-foot waterfall on Flat Gap Creek in Hancock County, Tennessee, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 6.6 miles north of Bean Station and roughly 38.8 miles west of Kingsport as the crow flies.
At 143 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 332 Tennessee waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 10th. The tallest single drop is 50 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 drops.
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.
Hancock County holds 2 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Friendship Falls, a 7-foot slide waterfall, is about 4 miles away. Cloud Creek Cascade, 80 feet high, is about 4.7 miles away. Fall Branch Falls, a 20-foot cascade waterfall, is about 6.8 miles away.
Elrod Falls is located at 36.4340° N, 83.2452° 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.