Jones Falls is a 100-foot waterfall on Jones Branch in Carter County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 5 miles east of Roan Mountain and roughly 22.1 miles east of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 100 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 23rd; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. By form it is 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. Jones Branch carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Jones Falls is the tallest of them.
Carter County holds 17 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Upper Jones Falls, a 25-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Elk Falls, a 50-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away across the state line in North Carolina. Mountaineer Falls, a 20-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away.
Jones Falls is located at 36.2030° N, 81.9820° 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.