Powerhouse Falls is a 35-foot waterfall on Peach Bottom Creek in Grayson County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 8.7 miles north of Sparta and roughly 61.3 miles northwest of Winston-Salem as the crow flies.
At 35 feet it is on the modest side for Virginia, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 69 feet; it ranks 36th of 53. 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.
Grayson County holds 3 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Falls, The, is about 8.9 miles away. Waterfalls Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 13.5 miles away across the state line in North Carolina. Fodder Stack Falls, a 100-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 14.2 miles away across the state line in North Carolina.
Powerhouse Falls is located at 36.6316° N, 81.1272° 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.