Fairmount Falls is a waterfall in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in the Interior Plateau region, with a total height of about 40 feet. It lies about 3.4 miles northwest of Mount Washington and roughly 14.9 miles southeast of Louisville as the crow flies.
At 40 feet it is taller than the typical Kentucky waterfall of about 40 feet, ranking 13th of 25 with a recorded height. The water comes down as a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
The Interior Plateau is a rolling limestone landscape of pasture, oak-hickory woodland and cedar glades in Kentucky and Tennessee, riddled with springs, sinkholes and caves. Waterfalls drop over limestone ledges and in karst valleys.
There are 2 recorded waterfalls in Jefferson County. Falls of the Ohio, a dam waterfall, is about 16 miles away. Tioga Falls, 130 feet high, is about 23.5 miles away. The Big Falls, is about 27.8 miles away.
Fairmount Falls is located at 38.0930° N, 85.5779° 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.