Big Creek Falls
Big Creek Falls is a waterfall in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 658 m. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the north-northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Big Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 46 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 20.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Point Overlook · 1 mi
- Hazeltop Ridge Overlook · 1 mi
- Naked Creek Overlook · 3 mi
- The Oaks Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stonewall Memorial Park: 8.6 mi
- Lawrence Beasley Park: 13.0 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 13.2 mi
- Greene County Park: 13.2 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 13.3 mi
- Peters Point: 0.5 mi
- Powell Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Bush Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Bearfence Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Hazeltop: 1.6 mi
- Five Tents: 3.4 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 4.3 mi
- CCC Camp: 4.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 8.7 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 8.3 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 8.5 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 13.2 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 13.2 mi
- Old School House Museum: 13.9 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 0.1 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 2.3 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 4.2 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 4.8 mi
- Love: 13.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 20.3 mi
- Cootie Bug: 20.3 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 20.4 mi
- World War Memorial: 21.6 mi
- Lewis Spring: 4.3 mi
- Davids Spring: 5.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 7.3 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 8.0 mi
- Elkton Spring: 8.0 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 13.2 mi
- Luray Caverns: 13.9 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 13.9 mi
- The Garden Maze: 14.0 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 14.1 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 2.3 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 5.9 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 8.1 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 13.9 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 5.1 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 13.2 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 13.3 mi
- Pavilian: 18.6 mi
- ISAT Patio: 21.1 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 21.3 mi
- Heishman Garden: 22.0 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 23.7 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 5.2 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 19.2 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Big Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | NNE 34° | 1,232 m | 7.7 mi |
| Fork Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,172 m | 3.4 mi |
| Hazeltop | NE 48° | 1,149 m | 1.6 mi |
| Spitler Hill | NE 40° | 1,138 m | 7.1 mi |
| Nakedtop | NNE 29° | 1,138 m | 7.5 mi |
| Betty's Rock | NE 34° | 1,131 m | 8.8 mi |
| Blackrock | NNE 20° | 1,116 m | 4.8 mi |
| Stony Mountain | NE 42° | 1,097 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 5 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Shenandoah National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11697951377
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 3 mi
- Charlottesville · 30 mi
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