Bottoms Creek Gorge

Forming the headwaters of the Roanoke River, Bottom Creek Gorge boasts spectacular scenery including the second highest waterfall in Virginia, virgin hemlocks, and hundreds of wildflowers.Bottom Creek is a powerful mountain stream that forms a stair-step series of broad-basin waterfalls known as the "kettles." One of the headwater streams of the South Fork of the Roanoke River, Bottom Creek boasts a 200-foot high waterfall. The trails are well-marked and color coded (blue, yellow, and red denoting the Duval Trail, the Johnston Trail, and the Knight Trail). This loops takes hikers on a great tour of the area.