Mikes Branch Falls is a 60-foot waterfall on Mikes Branch in Marion County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region. It lies about 3 miles northwest of Whitwell and roughly 19 miles northwest of Chattanooga as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 60th; 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 3 drops.
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.
Marion County holds 16 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Bridge Creek Falls, a 35-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Abraham Falls, is about 1.8 miles away. Robinson Branch Falls, is about 5 miles away.
Mikes Branch Falls is located at 35.2261° N, 85.5634° 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.