Lick Fork Falls is a 100-foot waterfall on Lick Fork in Floyd County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 7.8 miles southeast of Shawsville and roughly 17.8 miles southwest of Roanoke as the crow flies.
At 100 feet it is taller than the typical Virginia waterfall of about 69 feet, ranking 17th of 53 with a recorded height. 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.
Floyd County holds 2 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Bent Mountain Falls, a 280-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.5 miles away. Bottom Creek Falls, a 200-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3 miles away. Purgatory Falls, a 75-foot tiered waterfall, is about 5.7 miles away.
Lick Fork Falls is located at 37.0831° N, 80.1622° 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.