White Creek Falls is a waterfall on White Creek in Lawrence County, Alabama, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 75 feet. It lies about 10.7 miles northeast of Haleyville and roughly 34.2 miles southwest of Decatur as the crow flies.
At 75 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 29 Alabama waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 6th. It falls in 2 drops.
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.
There are 12 recorded waterfalls in Lawrence County. Parker Cascades, 10 feet high, is under a mile away. Auburn Falls, is under a mile away. School House Falls, is about 1 miles away.
White Creek Falls is located at 34.3135° N, 87.4673° 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.