The Upper Falls of Coal River are the defining feature of this small community. The falls split the town and the surrounding forest, and in summer local families come down to swim in the pools below and picnic on the banks. The sound of the water carries through the neighbourhood on quiet mornings.
The falls are accessible on foot from the centre of the community. Meadowood Park lines the eastern bank along the stretch of the falls, offering a pleasant riverside walk with shade from the trees. There are no formal facilities, but the setting is genuinely pretty — the kind of place that rewards a short detour off US Route 119.