Lewis Spring Falls
Lewis Spring Falls is a waterfall in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 848 m. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the northeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewis Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
Spring in Page County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49726167, matched on coordinates and name (576 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 24 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 21.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 1 mi
- Blackrock Overlook · 1 mi
- Fishers Gap Overlook · 2 mi
- Naked Creek Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blackrock: 0.6 mi
- Stony Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Chapman Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Bailey Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Hazeltop: 2.9 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 9.1 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 9.1 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 10.0 mi
- Carillon Park: 10.1 mi
- Eugene Park: 10.5 mi
- CCC Camp: 1.0 mi
- Five Tents: 2.5 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 8.4 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 9.9 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.0 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 9.8 mi
- Old School House Museum: 9.9 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 9.9 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 10.1 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 10.1 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 1.4 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 2.2 mi
- Rose River Falls: 2.4 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Love: 10.1 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 17.8 mi
- Cootie Bug: 17.8 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 19.9 mi
- World War Memorial: 23.5 mi
- Lewis Spring: 0.3 mi
- Davids Spring: 1.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 3.3 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 4.2 mi
- Furnace Spring: 6.5 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 9.9 mi
- Luray Caverns: 10.0 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 10.1 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 10.1 mi
- The Garden Maze: 10.2 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 0.9 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 9.2 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Pavilian: 14.9 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 17.1 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 2.0 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 2.0 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 11.8 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 9.2 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 23.3 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 24.5 mi
- ISAT Patio: 23.1 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 23.3 mi
- Heishman Garden: 23.6 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Lewis Spring Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | NE 51° | 1,232 m | 3.8 mi |
| Stony Man | NE 38° | 1,220 m | 6.8 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSE 147° | 1,172 m | 3.4 mi |
| Hazeltop | S 182° | 1,149 m | 2.9 mi |
| Bushytop | NE 35° | 1,142 m | 6.0 mi |
| Nakedtop | NE 42° | 1,138 m | 3.5 mi |
| Spitler Hill | ENE 66° | 1,138 m | 3.5 mi |
| Betty's Rock | NE 48° | 1,131 m | 4.9 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, under a mile away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,546 | 1,918 | 2,154 | 2,087 | 1,751 | 1,259 | 753 | 790 | 1,114 | 983 | 1,144 | 1,420 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge S F Shenandoah River Near Luray, VA, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
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/5316513946
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 1 mi
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