Marks Creek Falls is a 22-foot waterfall on Marks Creek in Sevier County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 9.7 miles southwest of Gatlinburg and roughly 27.8 miles southeast of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 22 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 197th of 332. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
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.
Sevier County holds 37 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lynn Camp Falls, a 30-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Lower Lynn Camp Falls, a 35-foot slide waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Honey Cove Falls, 20 feet high, is about 1.9 miles away.
Marks Creek Falls is located at 35.6254° N, 83.6465° 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.