Roaring River Falls is a 13-foot waterfall on Roaring River in Overton County, Tennessee, in the Interior Plateau region. It lies about 6.3 miles east of Dodson Branch and roughly 63.9 miles northeast of Murfreesboro as the crow flies.
At 13 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 259th of 332. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
The Interior Plateau is a rolling limestone landscape of pasture, oak-hickory woodland and cedar glades in Kentucky and Tennessee, riddled with springs, sinkholes and caves. Waterfalls drop over limestone ledges and in karst valleys.
Overton County holds 7 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Flat Creek Falls, a 20-foot block waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Waterloo Falls, a 35-foot block waterfall, is about 3.6 miles away. Mill Creek Cascades, a 50-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 3.9 miles away.
Roaring River Falls is located at 36.3424° N, 85.4259° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.