Shays Run
Shays Run is a stream in Tucker, West Virginia and has an elevation of 2,641 feet. Shays Run is situated nearby to the hamlet Douglas, as well as near Coketon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elakala Falls.
Elakala Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Forest Wander, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Elakala Falls are a series of four waterfalls of Shays Run as it descends into the Blackwater Canyon in West Virginia. They are within Blackwater Falls State Park and are quite popular among photographers, with the ease of access for the first waterfall, and the relatively low traffic of the other waterfalls in the series.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douglas and Coketon.
Douglas
Hamlet
Douglas is an unincorporated community and coal town on the North Fork Blackwater River in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Originally known as Albert, the community's name was changed to Douglas by an official Board on Geographic Names decision in 1965. Douglas is situated 1½ miles northwest of Shays Run.
Coketon
Hamlet
Coketon is an unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Coketon lies at the confluence of Snyder Run and the North Fork Blackwater River, south of the town of Thomas. Coketon is situated 2 miles north of Shays Run.
Davis
Photo: Forest Wander, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Davis is a city in the Potomac Highlands region of West Virginia. The area around Davis is noted for the Canaan Valley, Timberline and the region's caverns, Blackwater Falls State Park, the pretty mountain town of Thomas, and the Monongahela National Forest.
Shays Run
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Tucker, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.11011° or 39° 6′ 36″ northLongitude
-79.4995° or 79° 29′ 58″ westElevation
2,641 feet (805 metres)Open location code
87F24G62+26GeoNames ID
4821929
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