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Eastern Waterfall Forums

Due to popular demand... well, ok, I lie, but we thougth it would be an interesting idea. So, if you have anything to add or questions about anything dealing with waterfalls east of the Mississippi Check out the Forums (notice new link at the top right?) and hopefully it will generate some lively conversation and provide yet another avenue for further information to exploring that next waterfall adventure.

Posted: 2010-04-22 Scott Moore

Updating Georgia

Over the last week, I've updated the KMZ for Georgia. The update includes changing all of north Georgia falls to the new information bubble format, adding new falls and photos of many more than before. So check it out!

Posted: 2010-04-14 Doug McMillen

Maryland and New Jersey Waterfalls?

Over the last few weeks, I've created KMZs and pages for Maryland and New Jersey. Though neither state has a ton of waterfalls, both have a handful of nice falls, including some of the most famous on the east coast of the US, including Great Falls of the Potomac (MD) and Great Falls of the Passaic (NJ). They also both have some beautiful lesser-known falls worth exploring. So if you're in the area, what are you waiting for? Check them out!

(Please also note these are also among the first pages that we have completed with the new information bubble Scott designed. Let us know if you like it and how to improve it!)

Posted: 2010-03-14 Doug McMillen

Virginia is for Waterfall Lovers

Over the last month, I've created a KMZ and page for Virginia. Virginia has a lot of waterfalls, and Kevin Adams' book was incredibly helpful in creating this map. I will add soon the state links, but I wanted to get the page up and posted. Shenandoah National Park has a number of known falls, and Virginia also has a fall famous for being one of many falls considered by locals as the highest east of Mississippi (Crabtree Falls). It also has other beautiful and famous falls, like Falling Spring Falls and the simply named (but stunning) Cascades. Check out the page with its over 100 falls!

(Please also note this is the first of the pages that we have completed with the new information bubble Scott designed. Let us know if you like it and how to improve it!)

Posted: 2010-02-24 Doug McMillen

My Old Kentucky Home...

Over the last week, I've created a KMZ and page for Kentucky. Kentucky doesn't have as many publically known and published waterfalls, either due to topography, or not shared with the public by locals. However, the largest (by volume) waterfall of the south--Cumberland Falls-- is in a state park in Kentucky. Other falls I've seen photos of also look beautiful, and definitely look worth visiting. Check it out, and email me if you have more information about Kentucky waterfalls!

Posted: 2010-01-24 Doug McMillen

Maps & KMZ updates

Over the Last week Doug and myself have been working on updating and adding new content to our database. This is an ongoing process and there are times we may not even announce a specific update here, but below each state's map you will see the latest date that that specific KMZ file was updated.

Some of the recent big updates are a new West Virginia map created with our first pass at the waterfalls in this state. You will also find a KMZ file you can download as well. On the Tennessee page we have created a Google Map for the waterfalls of Tennessee based off of the shared KMZ file from the landforms website (note we haven't created any content her but are pointing you to where you can access this data and are just sharing that with you... it is a very comprehensive site already).

Ohio has been updated and all of the waterfalls we know of, at this point have been added. If anyone who comes across our website knows of falls not showing up in our database, let us know.

Finally the North Carolina KMZ file has been updated with most of the falls we know of in the Gorges State Park area and various other falls around the state. We have some more falls to be added that fall east of Asheville, but (for the most part) the state is pretty well covered. (Note: we have had some issues with this KMZ file and this is the second time we have added some of these placemarks).

Thanks for stopping by, and if you know of any falls we have missing or want to contribute, just shoot us an email. Thanks...

Posted: 2010-01-18 Scott Moore

Welcome... to the Eastern Waterfall Database. This will be the place for a comprehensive and collective effort to record and provide information for waterfalls anywhere east of the Mississippi. This effort was started by Scott Moore aka wizum and Doug McMillen in 2009 in an effort to collect information on waterfalls that we wanted to visit and photograph.

 While deciding on how to collect and store our information we decided using Google Earth's Placemarks (KMZ's or KML's) provided the best option for keeping track of information on falls and also provided GPS cordinates and a visual referrence to them.

If you want to learn more about what this effort is about and how possibly you can contribute and be apart of this collecitve effort check out the "About" section to read more.  Happy waterfalling...

Posted: 2010-01-08 Scott Moore