Hazel River Falls is a waterfall on Hazel River in Rappahannock County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 9.6 miles east of Luray and roughly 34 miles east 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. It falls in 2 drops.
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.
Rappahannock County holds 5 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Piney Falls, a 25-foot tiered waterfall, is about 6.4 miles away. Whiteoak Canyon Falls, a 349-foot tiered waterfall, is about 6.4 miles away. Buracker Hollow Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 6.9 miles away.
Hazel River Falls is located at 38.6349° N, 78.2867° 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.