Tennessee
Fall Creek Falls
43 mi from Chattanooga · ~1.2 hr drive
256ft tall
≈ 78 m
≈ 78 m
Fall Creek Falls is a named waterfall in Tennessee — a substantial cascade dropping 256 feet, about 43 miles from Chattanooga, TN. Full visit details below.
- State
- Tennessee
- Nearest city
- Chattanooga, TN · 43 mi · ~1.2 hr drive
- Height
- 256 ft (78 m)
- Coordinates
- 35.6661°, -85.3557°
From Wikipedia: Fall Creek Falls is a 256-foot (78 m) tall sheer-drop waterfall located in Fall Creek Falls State Park near Spencer, Tennessee. It is the tallest waterfall of such kind east of the Mississippi River. A short trail leads from the parking lot atop the plateau down to the base of the gorge, giving access to the waterfall's plungepool. When water flow is sufficient, Coon Creek Falls shares a plungepool. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Fall Creek Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Fall Creek Falls
The exact location is at 35.6661°, -85.3557° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Chattanooga, TN — 43 miles away (~1.2 hr drive).
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Other waterfalls within 30 miles
Coon Creek Falls
0 miles from Fall Creek Falls · 249 ft
Cane Creek Falls
0 miles from Fall Creek Falls
Canes Creek Cascades;Cane Creek Falls
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Rockhouse Creek Falls
0 miles from Fall Creek Falls
Piney Creek Falls
2 miles from Fall Creek Falls
Piney Creek Falls
2 miles from Fall Creek Falls
Sources
Location and tag data for Fall Creek Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.