Upper Whiteoak Falls
Upper Whiteoak Falls is a waterfall in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 600 m. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the west, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Whiteoak Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 1.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 10.6 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 18.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Crescent Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Timber Hollow Overlook · 2 mi
- Thorofare Mtn Overlook · 2 mi
- Thorofare Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Robertson Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Crescent Rock: 1.4 mi
- Betty's Rock: 1.4 mi
- Corbin Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Hawksbill: 2.0 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 5.8 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 8.1 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 9.2 mi
- Eugene Park: 9.6 mi
- Carillon Park: 9.7 mi
- CCC Camp: 5.0 mi
- Five Tents: 5.9 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.8 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 9.1 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 9.1 mi
- Old School House Museum: 9.0 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 9.1 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 9.9 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 10.0 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 10.0 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 0.2 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 1.3 mi
- Rose River Falls: 3.4 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 4.5 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 5.7 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 1.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 2.7 mi
- Furnace Spring: 2.8 mi
- Davids Spring: 4.5 mi
- Lewis Spring: 5.4 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 9.1 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 9.3 mi
- Luray Caverns: 9.9 mi
- The Garden Maze: 10.0 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 11.8 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 1.4 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 3.7 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 13.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 4.5 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 4.9 mi
- Pavilian: 14.6 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 20.0 mi
- Love: 9.8 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 19.8 mi
- Cootie Bug: 19.8 mi
- Lions Glasses: 20.2 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 24.1 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 13.2 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 22.3 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 23.1 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Upper Whiteoak Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | W 261° | 1,232 m | 2.0 mi |
| Stony Man | NNW 344° | 1,220 m | 2.7 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSW 209° | 1,172 m | 6.4 mi |
| Hazeltop | SW 222° | 1,149 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bushytop | NW 324° | 1,142 m | 2.7 mi |
| Spitler Hill | SW 234° | 1,138 m | 2.2 mi |
| Nakedtop | W 267° | 1,138 m | 2.7 mi |
| Betty's Rock | WNW 292° | 1,131 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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/445531443
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 6 mi
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