Falls Branch Falls is a 15-foot waterfall on Falls Branch in Marion County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region. It lies about 4.8 miles southeast of Sewanee and roughly 31.7 miles west of Chattanooga as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 240th of 332. The tallest single drop is 8 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
The Southwestern Appalachians are the Cumberland Plateau and its escarpments, a sandstone tableland covered in oak and mixed mesophytic forest and cut by deep gorges. Creeks pour off the plateau rim over sandstone caprock into gorges, creating many tall, dramatic falls. Falls Branch carries 5 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 55 feet.
Marion County holds 16 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Jumpoff Falls, 90 feet high, is about 1.5 miles away. Otter Falls, a 10-foot punchbowl waterfall, is about 3 miles away. Collins Falls, is about 3.1 miles away.
Falls Branch Falls is located at 35.1634° N, 85.8516° 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.