Dry Run Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on Dry Run in Rockingham County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 5.2 miles east of Elkton and roughly 18.8 miles east of Harrisonburg as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet. The water comes down as 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. Dry Run carries 2 recorded waterfalls along its course.
There are 3 recorded waterfalls in Rockingham County. Lower Dry Run Falls, a 175-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Cedar Falls, a 125-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. South River Falls, an 83-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2 miles away.
Dry Run Falls is located at 38.3994° N, 78.5282° 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.