Fall Branch Falls is a 20-foot waterfall on Fall Branch in Hancock County, Tennessee, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 1.7 miles east of Sneedville and roughly 34.8 miles west of Kingsport as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 199th of 332. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Fall Branch carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 130 feet.
Hancock County holds 2 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Friendship Falls, a 7-foot slide waterfall, is about 5.1 miles away. Elrod Falls, a 143-foot tiered waterfall, is about 6.8 miles away. Cloud Creek Cascade, 80 feet high, is about 8.7 miles away.
Fall Branch Falls is located at 36.5207° N, 83.1884° 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.