District Location: Central
Waterway: Hawksbill Creek
Distance: From Skyline Drive, 1.3 miles (one way) to the observation point, 1.5 miles to the base
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Also referred to as Lewis Spring Falls. About 0.6 mile above the falls, the trail passes the site of the Lewis Spring Shelter (which was demolished in 1976). Straight ahead is a door in the side of the hill, and behind it is a pump that sends most of the output of Lewis Spring up to the underground storage tanks on Blackrock. This spring is not only the principal source of water for the Big Meadows development; it's also the source of Hawksbill Creek, which forms Lewis Falls and then, much later, flows through the town of Luray before joining the Shenandoah River.
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