Falling Spring
Falling Spring is a warm spring near Covington in western Virginia, seven miles out of town. The water is tepid, warmer than a creek and nowhere near hot. No landowner is on record, and public access is unknown. Elevation is not listed.
Hot Springs Road runs closest, and from there it is a fifth of a mile of walking. This is a wet part of the country, with heavy rain through the year and moderate winter snow. Morris Hill Campground, under five miles away, is the nearest camping on file.
Winter comes out on top among the months. Nobody recorded an owner, and nothing says the public is welcome, so make sure you are allowed on that ground before walking in. Fees and water chemistry went unrecorded as well.
Aircraft with laser scanners measured this ground to within inches. The scan strips out trees and buildings, leaving the bare shape of the land around Falling Spring.
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the south.
- Highest ground nearby
- 325 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the south
A slice through the ground from northwest to southeast, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 16% of the springs on this site.
Heat flow measures the warmth working its way up through the ground from deep inside the earth. Where it runs high, rain and snowmelt that seep down through cracks in the rock come back up hot.
See every spring on the geothermal heat map →
Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
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Overview Morris Hill is a peaceful, rustic campground for groups of family and friends. The family campground is a family-friendly destination perched on a ridge above Lake Moomaw. Kids can have fun at the playground while older generations sit back and relax in the shade. The group sites accommodate up the 25 guests with space for up to eight tents. Campers can enjoy the wonders of camping with simple pleasures like s'mores on the campfire, berry picking in the woods, and watching for water...
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