Sulphur Spring Branch Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on Sulphur Spring Branch in Sullivan County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 10.6 miles southeast of Fairmount and roughly 23.3 miles northeast of Johnson City as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 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.
There are 4 recorded waterfalls in Sullivan County. North Fork Stony Creek Falls, 30 feet high, is about 1.3 miles away. Blue Hole Falls, a 45-foot tiered waterfall, is about 6.1 miles away. Backbone Branch Cascade, a 10-foot cascade waterfall, is about 12.3 miles away.
Sulphur Spring Branch Falls is located at 36.5043° N, 82.0090° 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.