Gentry Creek Falls is a waterfall on Gentry Creek in Johnson County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 80 feet. It lies about 8.5 miles northeast of Mountain City and roughly 40.1 miles northeast of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 80 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 35th; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. The tallest single drop is 40 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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.
There are 4 recorded waterfalls in Johnson County. Big Rock Falls, a 6-foot block waterfall, is about 5.2 miles away across the state line in Virginia. Straight Branch Falls, a 20-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 5.4 miles away across the state line in Virginia. Backbone Falls, a 40-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 6.4 miles away.
Gentry Creek Falls is located at 36.5677° N, 81.7052° 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.