Balanced Rock
Balanced Rock is a scenic viewpoint in Tucker, West Virginia. Balanced Rock is situated nearby to the waterfall Elakala Falls, as well as near Pendleton Lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Elakala Falls is situated 3,100 feet north of Balanced Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douglas and Davis.
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 2 miles northwest of Balanced Rock.
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.
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 3 miles north of Balanced Rock.
Balanced Rock
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Category: tourism
- Location: Tucker, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.09893° or 39° 5′ 56″ northLongitude
-79.50151° or 79° 30′ 5″ westOpen location code
87F23FXX+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4012046744OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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