Margarette Falls
Greene County, Tennessee
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Greene County, Tennessee
- Access status
- Route and parking researched
- The walk
- 0.5-mile road segment plus 0.7-mile creek segment: about 1.2 miles one way; 2.4 miles round trip.
- Ground & access
- Rocky and rooty trail with a bridge and an unbridged stream crossing. Crossing conditions depend on recent rain.
Follow the old road from the parking area. Stay on the signed Margarette Falls route where Phillips Hollow branches across Dry Creek, then follow West Fork Dry Creek to the falls. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Margarette Falls hike along the closed road and Dry Creek
USFS segments total about 1.2 miles each way. The tourism author measures 1.3 miles each way; allow for the difference rather than treating either as survey precision.
Rocky and rooty trail with a bridge and an unbridged stream crossing. Crossing conditions depend on recent rain.
Where to start
Use the large Margarette Falls trailhead parking area off Shelton Mission Road. USFS places the turn on the right about 1.3 miles from Greystone Road. Walk around the pole gate to begin the route.
Timing & water
Page marked open when checked October 27, 2026; crossing conditions not reported.
Before you go
Reservation requirements and current fees unknown.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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