Virginia
Falling Spring Falls
124 mi from Greensboro · ~3.6 hr drive
262ft tall
≈ 80 m
≈ 80 m
Falling Spring Falls is a named waterfall in Virginia — a substantial cascade dropping 262 feet, about 124 miles from Greensboro, NC. Full visit details below.
- State
- Virginia
- Nearest city
- Greensboro, NC · 124 mi · ~3.6 hr drive
- Height
- 262 ft (80 m)
- Coordinates
- 37.8678°, -79.9479°
- County
- Alleghany
From Wikipedia: Falling Spring Falls State Park is a state park in Alleghany County, Virginia, five miles north of the town of Covington in the Alleghany Highlands region. The 19-acre (0.077 km2) park opened in 2004. The centerpiece of the park is an 80 ft (24 m) waterfall. The park, one of the smallest in the Virginia State Park system, is maintained by nearby Douthat State Park. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Falling Spring Falls State Park, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Falling Spring Falls
The exact location is at 37.8678°, -79.9479° — 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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Sources
Location and tag data for Falling Spring 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.