North Fork Stony Creek Falls is a 30-foot waterfall on North Fork Stony Creek in Carter County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 10.5 miles west of Mountain City and roughly 23.4 miles northeast of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is taller than the typical Tennessee waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 136th of 332 with a recorded height.
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. Sulphur Spring Branch Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away. Blue Hole Falls, a 45-foot tiered waterfall, is about 5.9 miles away. Backbone Branch Cascade, a 10-foot cascade waterfall, is about 12.1 miles away.
North Fork Stony Creek Falls is located at 36.4897° N, 81.9936° 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.