Squibb Creek Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Squibb Creek in Greene County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 9.3 miles southeast of Tusculum and roughly 22.2 miles southwest of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 171st of 332.
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.
Greene County holds 14 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Petes Branch Falls, a 45-foot segmented waterfall, is under a mile away. Sarvis Creek Cascades, a cascade waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Painter Creek Falls, a 200-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2.6 miles away.
Squibb Creek Falls is located at 36.0862° N, 82.6345° 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.