Tufa Falls is a waterfall on Hays Creek in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 9.5 miles north of East Lexington and roughly 37.5 miles north of Lynchburg 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. 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.
Rockbridge County holds 10 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Gibbs Falls, is about 6.1 miles away. Whitesides Run Falls, is about 7.5 miles away. Marlbrook Creek Falls, is about 7.5 miles away.
Tufa Falls is located at 37.9244° N, 79.3764° 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.