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Falling Water Cascades

Falling Water Cascades, seen from above at true elevation

Falling Water Cascades is a waterfall in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 693 m. Apple Orchard Mountain stands 1,287 m to the northeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Chesnut Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.47640, -79.58162

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Peaks of Otter Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
  • Terrapin Mtn Race Start/Finish: 7.6 mi
  • Bedford Historic District: 10.2 mi
  • Montvale Park: 10.3 mi
  • Centertown Park: 10.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 25
Artworks: 23
  • Rhinoceros: 9.2 mi
  • Padgett Obelisk: 13.0 mi
  • Knight Statue: 22.2 mi
  • Peristyle: 22.2 mi
  • Francis Henney Smith: 23.0 mi
Gardens: 18
Attractions: 16
Nature reserves: 8
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Hunting Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Marble Spring: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Apple Orchard Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Lace Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Panther Falls: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Tinker Cliffs: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Falling Water Cascades. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Apple Orchard MountainNE 54°1,287 m4.8 mi
Thunder HillNE 49°1,221 m5.6 mi
Flat Top MountainS 182°1,215 m1.7 mi
Sharp Top MountainSSW 203°1,167 m3.2 mi
Onion MountainENE 69°1,157 m3.9 mi
Headforemost MountainE 84°1,131 m2.0 mi
The PinnacleS 172°1,119 m1.4 mi
Floyd MountainNE 43°1,088 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:30
June solstice05:5820:0420:43
September equinox07:0718:4319:17
December solstice07:3016:2317:04

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576573777569584639
Precip in3.22.73.73.84.43.94.53.04.13.43.33.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buchanan, 6 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3,0053,9434,4014,2913,4712,1551,1409721,2301,1671,8272,489

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge James River AT Buchanan, VA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7424046735

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