Outdoors · Hiking/Trail
South River Falls
The third-highest waterfall in Shenandoah National Park, an 83-foot drop reached by a roughly 3.3-mile round trip from the South River Picnic Area near Skyline Drive mile 62.8. A fire-road extension lets hikers continue to the base of the falls.
From the Journal
- Maybelle's Market: A Dyke, VA Country Store Worth It
Maybelle's Market on Dyke Road pairs fuel pumps with a made-to-order kitchen, and in October it's the easy, unfussy stop between a South River Falls hike and the drive home.
- Fall Waterfall Hikes Near Charlottesville & Greene
South River Falls drops 83 feet through turning hardwoods reached by a 3.3-mile round trip from Skyline Drive — a well-placed Shenandoah hike for Piedmont leaf-peepers heading into fall, with a farm tour and blues festival adding reasons to linger nearby this September.