West Virginia
Elakala Falls
96 mi from Pittsburgh · ~2.8 hr drive
No height recorded
Elakala Falls is a named waterfall in West Virginia — about 96 miles from Pittsburgh, PA. Full visit details below.
- State
- West Virginia
- Nearest city
- Pittsburgh, PA · 96 mi · ~2.8 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 39.1072°, -79.4993°
From Wikipedia: The Elakala Falls are a series of four waterfalls of Shays Run as it descends into the Blackwater Canyon in West Virginia. They are within Blackwater Falls State Park and are quite popular among photographers, with the ease of access for the first waterfall, and the relatively low traffic of the other waterfalls in the series. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Elakala Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Elakala Falls
The exact location is at 39.1072°, -79.4993° — 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 Pittsburgh, PA — 96 miles away (~2.8 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Elakala 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.