Stony Run Falls is a 50-foot waterfall on Stony Run in Bath County, Virginia, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 4.9 miles north of Clifton Forge and roughly 43 miles north of Roanoke as the crow flies.
At 50 feet it is on the modest side for Virginia, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 69 feet; it ranks 30th of 53. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
The Ridge and Valley is a corridor of long, parallel forested ridges and farmed limestone valleys running the length of the Appalachians. Waterfalls occur where streams cut through resistant sandstone on the ridges.
Bath County holds 6 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Blue Suck Falls, a 50-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Cascades Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 5.9 miles away. Falling Spring Falls, a 69-foot plunge waterfall, is about 6.5 miles away.
Stony Run Falls is located at 37.8866° N, 79.8307° 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 exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.