Crabtree Falls, located near the George Washington National Forest in Virginia, is a place of stunning beauty. I got to visit this 1,200-foot waterfall yesterday after a rainstorm and my pictures do not do it justice. With five major cascades, it is one of the tallest waterfalls east of the Mississippi River, with the longest drop 400 feet high.
Tourists from all over visit the waterfall and hike up the steep incline along the Crabtree Falls Trail, which was made possible through efforts spearheaded by environmentalist L.A. Snead. Developers were trying to take over the falls in the 1960s, and Snead spent some of his personal money and rallied other financial support that allowed Crabtree Falls to become a protected part of the National Forest system on June 3, 1968.
29 people have recently fallen to their deaths by ignoring the “PELIGRO” signs. Apparently, there is a clear algae that humans can’t see but is very slippery that grows along the rocks.
