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The set of waterfalls is often credited with being 1,200 feet (370 m) high, but topographic maps show the total drop to be closer to 1,000 feet (300 m). [1] Crabtree Falls is a series of cascading waterfalls, with five major cascades, the tallest of which drops about 400 feet (120 m), and several smaller cascades, all over a total distance of ...
The Cascades waterfall at end of hiking trail. Cascades (conservation area) is an area in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests of western Virginia, United States, that has been recognized by the Wilderness Society as a special place worthy of protection from logging and road construction The area is named after a 60-foot waterfall on Little Stony Creek which flows out of the ...
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
This is a list of lakes in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Virginia has two natural lakes, and several man-made lakes and reservoirs. [ 1 ] Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
In 1936, Staunton River State Park was opened to the public as one of the original six state parks. Covering 1,776 acres (7.19 km 2), it provided recreation for the people of south-central Virginia. In 1952, with the completion of the John H. Kerr Dam and the formation of Buggs Island Lake, part of the park was flooded. The park offers many ...
Waterfall Branch drains 0.62 square miles (1.6 km 2) of area, receives about 54.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 273.71, and is about 67% forested. [ 5 ] See also
Hungry Mother State Park is a state park in southwestern Virginia. Much of the land for Hungry Mother State Park was donated by local landowners to develop a new state park in Smyth County on Hungry Mother Creek. The park is one of the six original CCC parks that opened in June 1936. The park was added to the National Register of Historic ...
Great Falls Park is a small National Park Service (NPS) site in Virginia, United States. Situated on 800 acres (3.2 km 2 ) along the banks of the Potomac River in northern Fairfax County , the park is a disconnected but integral part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway . [ 1 ]