Dark Hollow Falls
Dark Hollow Falls is a waterfall in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 915 m. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the north-northeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is CCC Camp, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Dark Hollow Falls is a waterfall in Shenandoah National Park in the US state of Virginia. It is the closest waterfall to Skyline Drive and is the most-traveled trail in the park. The falls are at an elevation of 3,429 feet and cascade 70 feet. The trail is a 1.4-mile loop from the parking lot on Skyline Drive.
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Wikidata Q131319767, matched on coordinates and name (29 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 21 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 20.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fishers Gap Overlook · 1 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 1 mi
- Blackrock Overlook · 1 mi
- Franklin Cliffs Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stony Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Blackrock: 1.2 mi
- Doubletop Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Spitler Hill: 2.3 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 8.7 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 9.4 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 10.3 mi
- Carillon Park: 10.5 mi
- Eugene Park: 10.8 mi
- CCC Camp: 0.5 mi
- Five Tents: 1.9 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 8.7 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 10.2 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.2 mi
- Old School House Museum: 10.2 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 10.2 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 10.6 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 10.6 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 10.7 mi
- Rose River Falls: 1.2 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 1.4 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 1.6 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 3.4 mi
- Davids Spring: 0.9 mi
- Lewis Spring: 1.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 2.6 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 3.3 mi
- Furnace Spring: 5.9 mi
- Love: 10.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 18.8 mi
- Cootie Bug: 18.9 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 21.3 mi
- Lions Glasses: 22.9 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 10.2 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 10.4 mi
- Luray Caverns: 10.5 mi
- The Garden Maze: 10.6 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 11.0 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 1.3 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 2.6 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 3.6 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 12.9 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 1.2 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 8.5 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Pavilian: 15.4 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 16.9 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 9.4 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 23.9 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 24.8 mi
- ISAT Patio: 24.5 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 24.7 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 25.0 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Dark Hollow Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | NNE 31° | 1,232 m | 3.0 mi |
| Stony Man | NNE 27° | 1,220 m | 6.1 mi |
| Fork Mountain | S 172° | 1,172 m | 2.8 mi |
| Hazeltop | SSW 209° | 1,149 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bushytop | NNE 22° | 1,142 m | 5.4 mi |
| Spitler Hill | NE 49° | 1,138 m | 2.3 mi |
| Nakedtop | NNE 18° | 1,138 m | 2.8 mi |
| Betty's Rock | NNE 33° | 1,131 m | 4.0 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 | 19:12 |
| 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, under a mile 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/5323038144
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 2 mi
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