List of waterfalls in West Virginia

Blackwater Falls in Tucker County

Falls of Hills Creek (Lower) in Pocahontas County

Cathedral Falls in Fayette County.

Elakala Falls in Tucker County

Douglas Falls in Tucker County

There are about 275 waterfalls in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

Surface waterfalls

Name	Height	Coordinates	USGS Map	GNIS ID
Black Fork Falls	20 ft (6.1 m)	?????	?????	?????
Blackwater Falls	57 to 63 ft (17 to 19 m)	39°06′50″N 79°29′00″W / 39.113889°N 79.483333°W / 39.113889; -79.483333	Blackwater Falls	1550380
Brush Creek Falls	25 ft (7.6 m)	?????	?????	?????
Cathedral Falls	60 ft (18 m)	?????	?????	?????
Douglas Falls	35 ft (11 m)	?????	?????	?????
Elakala Falls (3rd fall)	40 ft (12 m)	?????	?????	?????
Falling Spring Run Falls	40 ft (12 m)	?????	?????	?????
High Falls of Cheat	15 to 18 ft (4.6 to 5.5 m)	38°46′21″N 79°46′38″W / 38.772500°N 79.777222°W / 38.772500; -79.777222	Beverly East	1551426
Jordon Run Falls	25 to 30 ft (7.6 to 9.1 m)	?????	?????	?????
Kanawha Falls	15 to 21 ft (4.6 to 6.4 m)	38°09′04″N 81°12′44″W / 38.151111°N 81.212222°W / 38.151111; -81.212222	Gauley Bridge	1556129
Hills Creek Falls (Lower)	63 to 65 ft (19 to 20 m)	38°10′25″N 80°20′06″W / 38.173611°N 80.335000°W / 38.173611; -80.335000	Lobelia	1551095
Mill Creek Falls	20 ft (6.1 m)	?????	?????	?????
Pendleton Falls	20 ft (6.1 m) [fall] 150 ft (46 m) [cascade]	?????	?????	?????
Pipestem Falls	15 ft (4.6 m)	?????	?????	?????
Sandstone Falls	15 to 25 ft (4.6 to 7.6 m)	?????	?????	?????
Valley Falls	20 ft (6.1 m)	?????	?????	?????
Wonder Falls	15 ft (4.6 m)	?????	?????	?????

Many of the state's subterranean waterfalls far exceed the surface falls in height.

Name	Height	Coordinates	USGS Map	GNIS ID
Suicide Falls (Cass Cave)^[1]^[2]	139 ft (42 m)	?????	?????	?????
Monster Falls (Friars Hole Cave)^[3]	103 to 105 ft (31 to 32 m)	?????	?????	?????

↑ Dasher, George R., Editor (2000), The Caves of East-Central West Virginia: The Guidebook of the National Speleological Society's 2000 Convention; West Virginia Speleological Survey, Bulletin #14, pg 171.
↑ Mohr, Charles E. (1964), “Exploring America Underground”, National Geographic Magazine; Vol. 125, No. 6 (June issue), pp 803–837. (Includes photo [2-page spread] of the falls).
↑ Dasher, Op. cit., pg 169.

Waterfalls in the United States

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Federal district	Washington, D.C.

Insular areas	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

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