Mountaineer Falls is a 20-foot waterfall in Carter County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 5.3 miles east of Roan Mountain and roughly 22.1 miles east of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 199th of 332. By form it is a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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.
Carter County holds 17 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Splash Dam Falls, a 25-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Jones Falls, a 100-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Upper Jones Falls, a 25-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away.
Mountaineer Falls is located at 36.2136° N, 81.9773° 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.