List of waterfalls in West Virginia explained

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	20feet	?????	?????	?????
Blackwater Falls	57to	39.1139°N -79.4833°W	Blackwater Falls
Brush Creek Falls	25feet	?????	?????	?????
Cathedral Falls	60feet	38.15444 N 81.1788 W	?????	?????
Douglas Falls	35feet	?????	?????	?????
Elakala Falls (3rd fall)	40feet	?????	?????	?????
Falling Spring Run Falls	40feet	?????	?????	?????
High Falls of Cheat	15to	38.7725°N -79.7772°W	Beverly East
Jordan Run Falls	25to	38.9941°N -79.2662°W	Hopeville
Kanawha Falls	15to	38.1511°N -81.2122°W	Gauley Bridge
Hills Creek Falls (Lower)	63to	38.1736°N -80.335°W	Lobelia
Mill Creek Falls	20feet	?????	?????	?????
Pendleton Falls	20feet [fall] 150feet [cascade]	?????	?????	?????
Pipestem Falls	15feet	?????	?????	?????
Sandstone Falls	15to	?????	?????	?????
Valley Falls	20feet	39.3867°N -80.0878°W	?????	?????
Wonder Falls	15feet	39.4963°N -79.6445°W	?????	?????

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]	139feet	?????	?????	?????
Monster Falls (Friars Hole Cave)^[3]	103to	?????	?????	?????

See also

• List of West Virginia-related topics

References

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]

External links

• West Virginia WaterFalls (Map) @ Great Lakes Waterfalls & Beyond
• West Virginia Waterfalls (Map) @ West Virginia Waterfalls website. http://wvwaterfalls.com/

Notes and References

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.