Welcome Falls is a 60-foot waterfall on Fall Creek in Morgan County, Alabama, in the Southwestern Appalachians region. It lies about 9.6 miles west of Arab and roughly 27 miles southeast of Decatur as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 29 Alabama waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 9th. The tallest single drop is 30 feet.
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. Fall Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Welcome Falls is the tallest of them.
Morgan County holds 4 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lynn Falls, is about 8.8 miles away. Larkwood Falls, 75 feet high, is about 11.9 miles away. Welti Falls, is about 12.8 miles away.
Welcome Falls is located at 34.3160° N, 86.6643° 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.