Riprap Run Falls is a waterfall on Riprap Run in Augusta County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 3.3 miles east of Crimora and roughly 19.7 miles south of Harrisonburg as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. 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.
Augusta County holds 4 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Pond Ridge Branch Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 3 miles away. Blue Hole Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 3.6 miles away. Jones Run Falls, a 42-foot fan waterfall, is about 6.2 miles away.
Riprap Run Falls is located at 38.1714° N, 78.7929° 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 exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.