North Fork Citico Falls is a waterfall on North Fork Citico Creek in Monroe County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 60 feet. It lies about 16.7 miles northwest of Andrews and roughly 40.3 miles south of Knoxville 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. The tallest single drop is 25 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 drops.
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. North Fork Citico Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and North Fork Citico Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 30 recorded waterfalls in Monroe County. Upper North Fork Citico Falls, an 8-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. North Fork Citico Cascades, is under a mile away. South Fork Citico Cascades, is about 2.4 miles away.
North Fork Citico Falls is located at 35.3827° N, 84.0197° 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.