Elakala Falls, Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia

Text & Photography By James Evangelista

Updated October 18, 2018

Elakala Falls is located inside of Blackwater Falls State Park in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia.

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Originally Published August 12, 2014

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