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Lewis Spring Falls

Lewis Spring Falls, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.52027, -78.44987

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 58
  • 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
Historic sites: 30
Waterfalls: 24
Museums: 21
  • 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
Artworks: 15
  • 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
Springs: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 0.9 mi
  • Picnic Grounds: 5.8 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 9.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 8
Cliffs: 6
Nature reserves: 3
  • PATC Entry Run Tract: 9.2 mi
  • Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 23.3 mi
  • Water Street Nature Reserve: 24.5 mi
Gardens: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Chris Greene Lake Beach: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Lewis Spring Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HawksbillNE 51°1,232 m3.8 mi
Stony ManNE 38°1,220 m6.8 mi
Fork MountainSSE 147°1,172 m3.4 mi
HazeltopS 182°1,149 m2.9 mi
BushytopNE 35°1,142 m6.0 mi
NakedtopNE 42°1,138 m3.5 mi
Spitler HillENE 66°1,138 m3.5 mi
Betty's RockNE 48°1,131 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:5120:0220:42
September equinox07:0218:3819:13
December solstice07:2816:1516:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273035475562676561504032

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,5461,9182,1542,0871,7511,2597537901,1149831,1441,420

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5316513946

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