Elakala Falls
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.Photo: Forest Wander, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Elakala Falls.
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 2½ miles north of Elakala Falls.
Elakala Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfalls in West Virginia, United States
- Category: body of water
- Location: Tucker, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.10717° or 39° 6′ 26″ northLongitude
-79.49928° or 79° 29′ 57″ westOpen location code
87F24G42+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 4012068153OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallWikidata ID
Q37322
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Elakala Falls” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شلالات الاكالا”
- Chinese: “艾拉卡拉瀑布”
- Danish: “Elakala-vandfaldene”
- Danish: “Elakala-vandfaldet”
- French: “chutes Elakala”
- French: “Chutes Elakala”
- Japanese: “イラカラ滝”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار الاکالا”
- Mazanderani: “الاکالا ئوشار”
- Persian: “آبشار الاکالا”
- Persian: “ابشار الاکالا”
- Russian: “Элакала”
- Tajik: “Елакала”
- Tajik: “Обшори Елакала”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Елакала”
- Turkish: “Elakala Şelaleleri”
- Urdu: “الاکالا آبشار”
- Western Panjabi: “الاکالا آبشار”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pendleton Point Overlook and Balanced Rock.
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