South River Falls is an 83-foot waterfall on South River in Greene County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 7 miles east of Elkton and roughly 20.5 miles east of Harrisonburg as the crow flies.
At 83 feet it is taller than the typical Virginia waterfall of about 69 feet, ranking 22nd of 53 with a recorded height. 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.
Greene County holds 2 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Dry Run Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Lower Dry Run Falls, a 175-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away. Cedar Falls, a 125-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.5 miles away.
South River Falls is located at 38.3794° N, 78.5004° 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.