Crabtree Falls

Crabtree Falls
A portion of Crabtree Falls

Location	Nelson County, Virginia, U.S.
Coordinates	37°51′03″N 79°04′42″W / 37.850833°N 79.078333°W / 37.850833; -79.078333
Type	Cascade
Total height	1,200 feet (370 m)
Number of drops	5
Longest drop	400 feet (120 m)

Crabtree Falls is one of the tallest sets of waterfalls in the United States east of the Mississippi River. It is located in the George Washington National Forest in Nelson County, Virginia, off of Virginia State Route 56. The name of the falls is thought to have come from William Crabtree, who settled in this part of Virginia in 1777. L.A. Snead, former US Assistant Fuel Administrator (WWI), environmentalist and notable Nelsonian, spearheaded negotiations to secure land surrounding Crabtree Falls after it was almost developed as a resort area in the late 1960s. Using personal and Congressional funds, the land deals were completed and the deeds transferred by LA Snead on June 3, 1968, to the National Forest System.

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 approximately 2,500 feet (760 m) horizontally.^[1] The cascade with a 400-foot (120 m) drop also gives Crabtree Falls the title of tallest vertical drop in a waterfall east of the Mississippi River. However, the title of tallest free-fall vertical drop goes to Fall Creek Falls in Tennessee's Fall Creek Falls State Park.

There is a trail to the waterfall maintained by the United States Forest Service called the Crabtree Falls Trail. Twenty-nine people have fallen to their deaths from leaving the trail to climb too close to the waterfalls. Recent deaths occurred April 2013,^[2] June 2015,^[3]^[4] and most recently, August 29, 2015.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Massies Mill 7.5-minute quadrangle
^ "LU student who died at Crabtree Falls identified". Lynchburg News & Advance. Lynchburg, Virginia. 9 April 2015.
^ "Person Falls To Death At Crabtree Falls In South Nelson". Blue Ridge Life Magazine. 7 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Roy, Eleanor (8 June 2015). "Young man dies at Crabtree Falls in Nelson County". The Roanoke Times.
^ "Man Dies While Hiking Crabtree Falls in Nelson County". NBC29. 29 August 2015.

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