Waterfalls — Scott Craig – Tennessee In Photographs

I love waterfalls and Tennessee has a lot of them. Not the huge plunge waterfalls of some areas nor waterfalls with a million gallons per minute flowing over, but still a lot of very scenic falls. Depending on the source and the definition of “Waterfall” (which really means any place that water falls) there are either 500+ or around 50 in Tennessee. I decided that I wanted to visit most of them and the photographs below are the story of my journey. Some are big, some are small, all of them are in Tennessee.

Part of the reason I haven’t visited more is the fact that most of them are in east Tennessee and I’m in middle Tennessee (which means a trip of a couple of hundred miles). So far I’ve visited about 24 of them so regardless of the schedule used I have a way to go. I’m working on that.

Visited Waterfalls:

Waterfall Name	County	Height	Type	Photographs
Big Falls	Coffee	30′	Plunge	Click Here
Blue Hole Falls	Coffee	30′	Plunge	Click Here
Little Falls	Coffee	30′	Cascade	No
Harpeth Narrow Falls	Cheatham	9′	Unknown	No
Ozone Falls	Cumberland	110′	Plunge	Click Here
Center Hill Dam Falls	Dekalb	50′	Plunge	Click Here
Big Turnbull Creek Falls	Dickson	40′	Unknown	No
Greeter Falls	Grundy	50′	Plunge	Click Here
Laurel Falls	Grundy	25′	Plunge	Click Here
Falling Water Falls	Hamilton	110′	Plunge	Sort of – Click Here
Jackson Falls	Hickman	40′	Plunge	Click Here
Fall Hollow	Lewis	40′	Plunge	Click Here
Bald River Falls	Monroe	90′	Plunge	Click Here
Basin Creek Falls	Monroe	50′	Cascade	No
Johns Creek Falls	Monroe	50′	Cascade	No
Buck Branch Falls	Monroe	8′	Cascade	No
Miller Mine Falls	Monroe	100′	Cascade	No
Turkey Creek Mountain Cascade	Monroe	100′	Cascade	No
FS35 Falls	Monroe	10′	Cascade	No
Fall Creek Falls	Van Buren	256′	Plunge	Click Here
Piney Creek Falls	Van Buren	95′	Plunge	Click Here
Great Falls	Warren	20′	Plunge	Click Here
Twin Falls	Warren	80′	Plunge	Click Here

My personal definition of the difference between “Plunge” and “Cascade” waterfalls is that “Plunge” waterfalls are waterfalls in the accepted sense of the phrase. Water falls over the edge of a cliff or drop and the water “Plunges” to the bottom of the fall. “Cascade” waterfalls are waterfalls that run downhill on a relatively steep grade, and may occasionally fall over a rock for a foot or two, but they don’t normally “Fall” very far. While cascades are frequently quite scenic I tend to categorize them more as a white-water flow than a waterfall.

If I don’t have photographs of them it is normally for one of several reasons:
  o  I couldn’t find the waterfall (not uncommon since some are on private property)
  o  I didn’t feel like hiking down the side of a mountain to get photographs
  o  It was just a little “Cascade” that really wasn’t worth the effort of stopping for photographs
  o  It was such a minor “Fall” that it really wasn’t worth the effort of stopping for photographs