Glen Falls is a waterfall in Hamilton County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 15 feet. It lies about 0.6 miles southeast of Lookout Mountain and roughly 4.4 miles southwest 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 water comes down as a punchbowl, where the water is forced through a narrow gap into a large pool.
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.
There are 15 recorded waterfalls in Hamilton County. Ruby Falls, a 145-foot plunge waterfall, is about 2.2 miles away. Sawmill Branch Falls, is about 3.3 miles away across the state line in Georgia. Lula Falls, 105 feet high, is about 4.1 miles away across the state line in Georgia.
Glen Falls is located at 34.9877° N, 85.3427° 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 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.