Meadow Creek Falls is a 250-foot waterfall on Meadow Creek in Craig County, Virginia, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 12.9 miles northwest of Daleville and roughly 18 miles northwest of Roanoke as the crow flies.
At 250 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 53 Virginia waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 5th. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
The Ridge and Valley is a corridor of long, parallel forested ridges and farmed limestone valleys running the length of the Appalachians. Waterfalls occur where streams cut through resistant sandstone on the ridges.
Craig County holds 2 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Barbours Creek Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 4.2 miles away. Beaverdam Falls, is about 14.1 miles away. Roaring Run Falls, a 60-foot tiered waterfall, is about 19.9 miles away.
Meadow Creek Falls is located at 37.4847° N, 80.1276° 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.