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Elakala Falls

Tucker County, West Virginia

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Tucker County, West Virginia
Access status
Short state park trail to a bridge over the first falls
The walk
The Elakala Trail is 0.5 mile one way (park trail map); the bridge over the first falls is part way along it, distance not stated
Ground & access
Short forest trail down to a wooden bridge. Leaving the trail to go down the gorge is steep and dangerous.
Hiking Project: Elakala Trail
Elakala Falls, WV
Elakala Falls, WV
Photo creditPhoto: Forest Wander from Cross Lanes, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Elakala Falls is a series of four falls where Shays Run drops into Blackwater Canyon in Blackwater Falls State Park near Davis. The trail visits the first and most easily seen drop. From the south-west side of Blackwater Lodge, follow the red-blazed Elakala Trail down to the wooden bridge that crosses directly over the first falls. The three lower falls are progressively more difficult and dangerous to reach and have no marked trails. The whole series can be seen from across the gorge at Pendleton Point. Return the same way, or continue on the Elakala Trail to the main park road.

Plan your visit

Blackwater Lodge in Blackwater Falls State Park, the red-blazed Elakala Trail from the south-west side of the lodge down to the wooden bridge over the first falls

The Blackwater Falls State Park trail map lists the Elakala Trail as 0.5 mile one way, from the lodge to the main park road. The distance from the lodge to the bridge over the falls is not stated.

Short forest trail down to a wooden bridge. Leaving the trail to go down the gorge is steep and dangerous.

Where to start

Blackwater Lodge parking area in Blackwater Falls State Park; the trail starts at the south end of the lodge.

Timing & water

Not stated.

Before you go

No fee is mentioned. The park is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Visitor information
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More waterfalls nearby

Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Waterfall location

Tucker County, West Virginia.

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