Kiner Creek Falls is a 30-foot waterfall on Kiner Creek in Hawkins County, Tennessee, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 3.4 miles southeast of Church Hill and roughly 7.4 miles southwest of Kingsport as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is taller than the typical Tennessee waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 136th of 332 with a recorded height. By form it is a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
The Ridge and Valley is a corridor of long, parallel forested ridges and farmed limestone valleys running the length of the Appalachians. Waterfalls occur where streams cut through resistant sandstone on the ridges.
Hawkins County holds 5 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Laurel Run Falls, a 10-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Bays Mountain Falls, a 30-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.8 miles away. Dolan Branch Falls, a 20-foot plunge waterfall, is about 3.6 miles away.
Kiner Creek Falls is located at 36.4864° N, 82.6713° 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.