Wynnes Falls is a waterfall on Dan River in Patrick County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 35 feet. It lies about 10 miles west of Stuart and roughly 41.9 miles north 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. The water comes down as 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.
There are 3 recorded waterfalls in Patrick County. Barnard Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Smith River Falls, is about 6 miles away. Lower Cascade Falls, a 35-foot cascade waterfall, is about 20.9 miles away across the state line in North Carolina.
Wynnes Falls is located at 36.6854° N, 80.4368° 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.