Piney Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Piney River in Rappahannock County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 10.2 miles northeast of Luray and roughly 36.7 miles northeast of Harrisonburg as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Virginia, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 69 feet; it ranks 40th of 53. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 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. Little Devils Stairs Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Sterdley Falls, a 200-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.4 miles away. Greasy Falls, is about 3.4 miles away.
Piney Falls is located at 38.7269° N, 78.2885° 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.