Fall Branch Falls is a 130-foot waterfall on Fall Branch in Monroe County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 12.6 miles southeast of Englewood and roughly 47.3 miles southwest of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 130 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 14th; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
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. Fall Branch carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Fall Branch Falls is the tallest of them.
Monroe County holds 30 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Conasauga Falls, a 35-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.7 miles away. Buck Branch Falls, an 8-foot cascade waterfall, is about 3.9 miles away. Basin Creek Falls, a 50-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 4.2 miles away.
Fall Branch Falls is located at 35.3439° N, 84.2862° 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.