Northrup Falls is a waterfall on Big Branch Creek in Fentress County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 63 feet. It lies about 5.8 miles southeast of Jamestown and roughly 59.7 miles northwest of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 63 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Tennessee’s 332 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 58th; the typical Tennessee waterfall is about 30 feet. 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. Magendanz Falls, is about 1.1 miles away. Mountain View Falls, a 25-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away. Fern Camp Cascade, a 20-foot cascade waterfall, is about 4.7 miles away.
Northrup Falls is located at 36.3582° N, 84.8719° 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.