List of waterfalls in West Virginia

Blackwater Falls in Tucker County
Falls of Hills Creek (Lower) in Pocahontas County
Cathedral Falls in Fayette County.
Elakala Falls in Tucker County
Douglas Falls in Tucker County

There are about 275 waterfalls in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

Surface waterfalls

Name Height Coordinates USGS Map GNIS ID
Black Fork Falls
20 ft (6.1 m)
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Blackwater Falls
57 to 63 ft (17 to 19 m)
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Brush Creek Falls
25 ft (7.6 m)
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Cathedral Falls
60 ft (18 m)
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Douglas Falls
35 ft (11 m)
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Elakala Falls (3rd fall)
40 ft (12 m)
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Falling Spring Run Falls
40 ft (12 m)
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High Falls of Cheat
15 to 18 ft (4.6 to 5.5 m)
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Jordon Run Falls
25 to 30 ft (7.6 to 9.1 m)
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Kanawha Falls
15 to 21 ft (4.6 to 6.4 m)
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Hills Creek Falls (Lower)
63 to 65 ft (19 to 20 m)
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Mill Creek Falls
20 ft (6.1 m)
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Pendleton Falls
20 ft (6.1 m) [fall]
150 ft (46 m) [cascade]
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Pipestem Falls
15 ft (4.6 m)
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Sandstone Falls
15 to 25 ft (4.6 to 7.6 m)
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Valley Falls
20 ft (6.1 m)
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Wonder Falls
15 ft (4.6 m)
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Underground waterfalls

Many of the state's subterranean waterfalls far exceed the surface falls in height.

Name Height Coordinates USGS Map GNIS ID
Suicide Falls (Cass Cave)[1][2]
139 ft (42 m)
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Monster Falls (Friars Hole Cave)[3]
103 to 105 ft (31 to 32 m)
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References

Citations

  1. ↑ Dasher, George R., Editor (2000), The Caves of East-Central West Virginia: The Guidebook of the National Speleological Society's 2000 Convention; West Virginia Speleological Survey, Bulletin #14, pg 171.
  2. ↑ Mohr, Charles E. (1964), “Exploring America Underground”, National Geographic Magazine; Vol. 125, No. 6 (June issue), pp 803–837. (Includes photo [2-page spread] of the falls).
  3. ↑ Dasher, Op. cit., pg 169.

Further reading

See also

External links

Kanawha Falls on the Kanawha River at Glen Ferris, West Virginia.
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