Falls Hollow Falls is an 80-foot waterfall in Montgomery County, Virginia, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 3.8 miles west of Shawsville and roughly 21.6 miles west of Roanoke as the crow flies.
At 80 feet it is taller than the typical Virginia waterfall of about 69 feet, ranking 24th of 53 with a recorded height. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
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.
Montgomery County holds 2 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Purgatory Falls, a 75-foot tiered waterfall, is about 8.1 miles away. Bottom Creek Falls, a 200-foot tiered waterfall, is about 9 miles away. Bent Mountain Falls, a 280-foot tiered waterfall, is about 9.2 miles away.
Falls Hollow Falls is located at 37.1894° N, 80.3200° 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.