Big Creek Falls is a 300-foot waterfall on Big Creek in Page County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 8 miles south of Stanley and roughly 21.5 miles east of Harrisonburg as the crow flies.
At 300 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 53 Virginia waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 3rd. The tallest single drop is 120 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
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.
Page County holds 8 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Naked Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 2.1 miles away. Pocosin Hollow Falls, is about 3.5 miles away. Big Rock Falls, a 12-foot slide waterfall, is about 3.5 miles away.
Big Creek Falls is located at 38.4623° N, 78.4727° 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 creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.