Climbing Rose Falls is a 150-foot waterfall in Madison County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 8 miles southeast of Stanley and roughly 27.2 miles east of Harrisonburg as the crow flies.
At 150 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Virginia’s 53 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 11th; the typical Virginia waterfall is about 69 feet. The tallest single drop is 35 feet. 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.
Madison County holds 6 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Cedar Run Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away. Rose River Falls, an 87-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.1 miles away. Dark Hollow Falls, a 145-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.7 miles away.
Climbing Rose Falls is located at 38.5202° N, 78.3734° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.