Scotts Run Falls is a waterfall on Scotts Run in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Northern Piedmont region, with a total height of about 12 feet. It lies about 2.5 miles west of Cabin John and roughly 5.6 miles west of Bethesda as the crow flies.
At 12 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 53 Virginia waterfalls with a documented height only 2 are shorter, while the typical Virginia waterfall stands around 69 feet. The water comes down as a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls.
The Northern Piedmont is rolling upland of farmland, oak forest and suburbs from Pennsylvania to Virginia, with waterfalls at the fall line and on rocky creeks crossing diabase and gneiss.
There are 3 recorded waterfalls in Fairfax County. Dead Run Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away. Difficult Run Falls, an 11-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Gulf Branch Falls, a 22-foot tiered waterfall, is about 5.6 miles away.
Scotts Run Falls is located at 38.9676° N, 77.2029° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.