Moores Creek Falls is a waterfall on Moores Creek in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in the Ridge and Valley region, with a total height of about 250 feet. It lies about 12.2 miles northeast of East Lexington and roughly 33 miles north of Lynchburg as the crow flies.
At 250 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 53 Virginia waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 5th. The tallest single drop is 120 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 drops.
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.
There are 10 recorded waterfalls in Rockbridge County. Marlbrook Creek Falls, is about 2 miles away. Glenn Falls, a punchbowl waterfall, is about 3.2 miles away. Whitesides Run Falls, is about 3.3 miles away.
Moores Creek Falls is located at 37.8860° N, 79.2357° 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.