Upper North Fork Citico Falls is an 8-foot waterfall on North Fork Citico Creek in Monroe County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 16.7 miles northwest of Andrews and roughly 40.3 miles south of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 8 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 311th of 332. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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. North Fork Citico Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 60 feet.
Monroe County holds 30 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. North Fork Citico Falls, a 60-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. North Fork Citico Cascades, is under a mile away. South Fork Citico Cascades, is about 2.4 miles away.
Upper North Fork Citico Falls is located at 35.3826° N, 84.0193° 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.