List of waterfalls in West Virginia

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

Surface waterfalls
NameHeightCoordinatesUSGS MapGNIS ID
Black Fork Falls
20 ft (6.1 m)
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Blackwater Falls
57 to 63 ft (17 to 19 m)
39.113889°N 79.483333°W / 39.113889; -79.483333 (Blackwater Falls (Tucker County, West Virginia))Blackwater Falls1550380
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)
38.772500°N 79.777222°W / 38.772500; -79.777222 (High Falls (Randolph County, West Virginia))Beverly East1551426
Jordan Run Falls
25 to 30 ft (7.6 to 9.1 m)
38.994131°N 79.266189°W / 38.994131; -79.266189 (Jordan Run Falls (Grant County, West Virginia))Hopeville1551612
Kanawha Falls
15 to 21 ft (4.6 to 6.4 m)
38.151111°N 81.212222°W / 38.151111; -81.212222 (Kanawha Falls (Fayette County, West Virginia))Gauley Bridge1556129
Hills Creek Falls (Lower)
63 to 65 ft (19 to 20 m)
38.173611°N 80.335000°W / 38.173611; -80.335000 (Falls of Hills Creek (Pocahontas County, West Virginia))Lobelia1551095
Mill Creek Falls
20 ft (6.1 m)
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Pendleton Falls
20 ft (6.1 m)
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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)
39.386735°N 80.087832°W / 39.386735; -80.087832??????????
Wonder Falls
15 ft (4.6 m)
39.496331°N 79.644476°W / 39.496331; -79.644476??????????

Underground waterfalls

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

NameHeightCoordinatesUSGS MapGNIS 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
  • Adams, Kevin (2002), Waterfalls of Virginia and West Virginia: A Hiking and Photography Guide; Menasha Ridge Press.
  • Rehbein, Ed and Randall Sanger (2011), West Virginia Waterfalls: The New River Gorge; Terra Alta, West Virginia: Headline Books, Inc. [Photographs]
  • Hartigan, Rick (2017), West Virginia Waterfalls, Nature Trek Publishing, LLC, [Directory with directions, GPS, maps, & photographs]

See also
  • List of West Virginia-related topics
Kanawha Falls on the Kanawha River at Glen Ferris, West Virginia.
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