Mountain View Falls is a waterfall in Fentress County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 25 feet. It lies about 7.1 miles southeast of Jamestown and roughly 59.4 miles northwest of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 171st of 332. The water comes down as a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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 11 recorded waterfalls in Fentress County. Northrup Falls, a 63-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away. Magendanz Falls, is about 2.1 miles away. Fern Camp Cascade, a 20-foot cascade waterfall, is about 4.7 miles away.
Mountain View Falls is located at 36.3349° N, 84.8784° 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.