Whiteoak Canyon Falls is a 349-foot waterfall on Whiteoak Run in Madison County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 7.5 miles east of Stanley and roughly 28.4 miles east of Harrisonburg as the crow flies.
At 349 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 53 Virginia waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 2nd. The tallest single drop is 86 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 8 drops.
The Blue Ridge is the highest part of the southern Appalachians, a range of forested peaks and coves with oak, hickory, tulip poplar and hemlock and spruce-fir on the summits, in one of the wettest climates in the East. Steep mountain streams drop over granite, gneiss and quartzite ledges, giving the region hundreds of waterfalls.
Madison County holds 6 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Cedar Run Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away. Timber Hollow Falls, is about 1.8 miles away. Buracker Hollow Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 2.2 miles away.
Whiteoak Canyon Falls is located at 38.5638° N, 78.3640° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.