Falls Branch Falls is a waterfall on Falls Branch in Monroe County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 55 feet. It lies about 17.2 miles northwest of Andrews and roughly 42.6 miles south of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 55 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 71st; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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. Falls Branch carries 5 recorded waterfalls, and Falls Branch Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 30 recorded waterfalls in Monroe County. South Fork Citico Cascades, is about 1 miles away. North Fork Citico Cascades, is about 2.7 miles away. North Fork Citico Falls, a 60-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.2 miles away.
Falls Branch Falls is located at 35.3551° N, 84.0645° 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.