List of waterfalls in California
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This is a list of waterfalls in California, ordered by county.
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Northern California
=[[Alameda County, California|Alameda County]]=
- Murrietta Falls – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Alpine County, California|Alpine County]]=
- Llewellyn Falls – {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Wolf Creek Falls – {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Amador County, California|Amador County]]=
=[[Calaveras County, California|Calaveras County]]=
- North Fork Stanislaus River Falls (Portage 24 Falls)
=[[Butte County, California|Butte County]]=
Image:Feather_falls_plumas_national_forest.jpg
- Phantom Falls (Coal Canyon Falls) – {{convert|164|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Feather Falls – {{convert|410|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Frenchy's Falls
=[[El Dorado County, California|El Dorado County]]=
Image:Horsetail_Falls_Tahoe.jpg
- Bassi Falls – {{convert|109|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Bridal Veil Falls (Esmeralda Falls) – {{convert|81|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Eagle Falls – {{convert|160|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Glen Alpine Falls (Big Falls) – {{convert|73|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Horsetail Falls – {{convert|500|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Modjeska Falls (Upper Glen Alpine Falls) – {{convert|51|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Pyramid Creek Cascades (Lower Horsetail Falls) – {{convert|75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Traverse Creek Falls
Cascade falls missing
=[[Humboldt County, California|Humboldt County]]=
- Baldwin Falls – {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Gold Dust Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
= [[Lake County, California|Lake County]] =
- The "Jams" Rapid Falls 30 ft (9.1m)
=[[Mendocino County, California|Mendocino County]]=
- Dora Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Chamberlain Creek Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Russian Gulch Falls – {{convert|36|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Modoc County, California|Modoc County]]=
- Mill Creek Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
=[[Napa County, California|Napa County]]=
- Zim Zim Falls – {{convert|105|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Nevada County, California|Nevada County]]=
- Bowman Lake Falls (Sawmill Falls, Canyon Creek Falls) – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Placer County, California|Placer County]]=
- Devils Falls – {{convert|65|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- East Snow Mountain Falls – {{convert|2200|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Grouse Falls – {{convert|504|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Heath Falls – {{convert|65|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Hidden Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- New York Canyon Falls – {{convert|462|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Petroglyph Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Wabena Falls – {{convert|65|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Plumas County, California|Plumas County]]=
- Chambers Creek Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Fern Falls – {{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Frazier Falls – {{convert|178|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Halsey Falls (Hawlsey Falls) – {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Indian Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Little Jamieson Falls – {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Shasta County, California|Shasta County]]=
Image:Burney_Falls_(6489840799).jpg
Image:FMIB_40919_Pit_River_Falls.jpeg
- Burney Falls – {{convert|129|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- McCloud River Falls (Falls of the McCloud River) – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Kings Creek Falls – {{convert|46|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Pit River Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Potem Falls – {{convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- The Cascades (Kings Creek) – {{convert|198|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Whiskeytown Falls – {{convert|180|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
=[[Siskiyou County, California|Siskiyou County]]=
- Ash Creek Falls
- Coquette Falls
- Hedge Creek Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Ishi Pishi Falls
- Mossbrae Falls
- Mud Creek Falls (Konwakiton Falls)
- Whitney Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Tehama County, California|Tehama County]]=
- Battle Creek Falls – {{convert|16|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Bluff Falls – {{convert|47|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Deer Creek Falls – {{convert|18|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Mill Creek Falls – {{convert|75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
Central California
=[[Contra Costa County, California|Contra Costa County]]=
=[[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]]=
Image:Grizzly_Falls,_Sequoia_National_Forest.jpg
- Big Creek Falls (Kerckhoff Cascade, The Cascada)
- Crystal Veil Falls
- Dinkey Creek Falls – {{convert|400|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Garlic Falls – {{convert|820|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Grizzly Falls – {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Minnow Creek Falls – {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Mist Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Purple Lake Falls – {{convert|300|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Redwood Creek Falls – {{convert|300|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Roaring River Falls – {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Royce Falls (Royce Lake Falls) – {{convert|750|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Silver Pass Falls – {{convert|475|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Silver Spray Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Slissate Falls – {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Stevenson Creek Falls – {{convert|1200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Tenmile Creek Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Triple Falls – {{convert|550|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Inyo County, California|Inyo County]]=
- Darwin Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Portal Falls (Whitney Portal Falls, Lone Pine Creek Falls) – {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
=[[Madera County, California|Madera County]]=
- Angel Falls
- Camino Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Chiquito Creek Falls – {{convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Corlieu Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Jackass Falls – {{convert|160|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Nydiver Falls
- Rainbow Falls – {{convert|101|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Reconnaissance Creek Falls – {{convert|900|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Hidden Falls – {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Marin County, California|Marin County]]=
- Alamere Falls – {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Cascade Falls
- Cataract Falls
- Dawn Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Mariposa County, California|Mariposa County]]=
Image:Merced_River_Waterfalls.jpg
Image:Yosemite_Falls_April2006.jpg
{{see also|List of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park}}
- Bridalveil Fall – {{convert|620|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Chain Cascade (Cascade Cliffs) – {{convert|1150|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Chilnualna Falls – {{convert|690|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Fissure Falls – {{convert|400|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Horsetail Fall – {{convert|2130|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Illilouette Fall – {{convert|370|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Lehamite Falls – {{convert|1180|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Nevada Fall – {{convert|594|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Pywiack Cascade – {{convert|600|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Quaking Aspen Falls – {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Ribbon Fall – {{convert|1612|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Royal Arch Cascade – {{convert|1250|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Sentinel Fall – {{convert|1920|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Silver Strand Falls – {{convert|574|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Snow Creek Falls – {{convert|2140|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Staircase Falls – {{convert|1300|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- The Cascades (Cascade Falls) – {{convert|750|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Three Chute Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Vernal Fall – {{convert|317|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Widow's Tears – {{convert|1170|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Wildcat Falls – {{convert|720|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Yosemite Falls – {{convert|2425|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Mono County, California|Mono County]]=
- Aspen Falls
- Big Bend Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Ellery Lake Falls
- Gem Lake Falls
- Leavitt Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Lee Vining Falls
- Minaret Falls – {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Rush Creek Falls (Horsetail Falls) – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Sardine Falls
=[[Monterey County, California|Monterey County]]=
Image:McWay_Falls_04-17-2009.jpg
- Limekiln Falls – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- McWay Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Salmon Creek Falls – {{convert|120|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo County]]=
- Elliot Creek Falls
- Peters Creek Falls
- Pomponio Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Tip Toe Falls – {{convert|6|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]]=
- Basin Falls – {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Black Rock Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Granuja Falls
- Triple Falls – {{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Uvas Falls
=[[Santa Cruz County, California|Santa Cruz County]]=
- Berry Creek Falls – {{convert|65|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Castle Rock Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Golden Cascade
- Silver Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Tulare County, California|Tulare County]]=
Image:TOKOPAH_FALLS_IN_SEQUOIA_NATIONAL_PARK.jpg
- Black Wolf Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Broder Falls (Coyote Creek Falls) – {{convert|63|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Brush Creek Falls
- Cascade Falls (Yucca Creek Falls) – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Chagoopa Falls – {{convert|1200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Crystal Creek Falls
- Franklin Falls
- Freeman Creek Falls – {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Marble Falls (Marble Fork Falls) – {{convert|600|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Middle Fork Tule River Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Panther Creek Falls
- Peppermint Creek Falls – {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Rock Creek Falls – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Salmon Creek Falls – {{convert|450|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- South Creek Falls – {{convert|120|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- South Fork Kaweah River Falls
- Sky Blue Lake Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Three-Falls-Below-The Gate (Mineral King Falls) – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Tokopah Falls (Tokopah Valley Falls) – {{convert|1200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Tufa Falls – {{convert|450|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Volcano Falls (Golden Trout Creek Falls)
=[[Tuolumne County, California|Tuolumne County]]=
Image:Wapama_Falls_in_Yosemite_NP.JPG
- California Falls – {{convert|120|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Clavey Falls
- Le Conte Falls – {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Niagara Creek Falls – {{convert|730|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Piute Falls
- Rancheria Falls
- Tueeulala Falls – {{convert|880|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Tuolumne Falls – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Wapama Falls – {{convert|1080|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Waterwheel Falls – {{convert|360|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- White Cascade – {{convert|75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
Southern California
=[[Kern County, California|Kern County]]=
- Spear Creek Falls (Poso Creek Falls)
=[[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]]=
- Bailey Canyon Falls – {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Eaton Canyon Falls – {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Escondido Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Falls Creek Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Fish Canyon Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Fox Creek Falls – {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Grand Chasm Falls (Rainbow Falls)
- Hermit Falls – {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Leontine Falls
- Lodged Boulder Falls
- Maidenhair Falls
- Millard Canyon Falls – {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Moss Grotto Falls
- Newton Canyon Falls
- Ribbon Rock Falls
- Roaring Rift Falls
- San Antonio Falls – {{convert|75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Saucer Branch Falls (Punch Bowl)
- Sturtevant Falls – {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Switzer Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Thalehaha Falls (Bridal Veil Falls) – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Trail Canyon Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Wolfskill Falls – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Zuma Canyon Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Orange County, California|Orange County]]=
- Black Star Canyon Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Falls Canyon Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Holy Jim Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Laurel Canyon Falls – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Riverside County, California|Riverside County]]=
- Ortega Falls – {{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- San Juan Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Tahquitz Falls – {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Tenaja Falls – {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]]=
- Big Falls – {{convert|500|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Bonita Falls (Bonita Canyon Falls) – {{convert|230|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Etiwanda Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Frustration Creek Falls – {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Monkeyface Falls – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Sapphire Falls
=[[San Diego County, California|San Diego County]]=
- Adobe Falls
- Cedar Creek Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Kitchen Creek Falls – {{convert|120|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Three Sisters Falls (Devils Punchbowl) - {{convert|160|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Mildred Falls - {{convert|350|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Maidenhair Falls - {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[San Luis Obispo County, California|San Luis Obispo County]]=
- Big Falls – {{convert|135|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Nacimiento Falls – {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Santa Barbara County, California|Santa Barbara County]]=
- Mission Falls
- Nojoqui Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Rattlesnake Falls
- San Ysidro Falls
- Seven Falls
- Sisquoc Falls – {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Tangerine Falls (West Fork Cold Springs Falls) – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}
=[[Ventura County, California|Ventura County]]=
- La Jolla Canyon Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Matilija Falls – {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
- Paradise Falls (Wildwood Falls) – {{convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Piru Creek Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Rose Valley Falls – {{convert|300|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Santa Paula Canyon Falls (The Punchbowl) – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Santa Ynez Falls
- Solstice Canyon Falls – {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Tar Creek Falls (Emerald Falls) – {{convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on}} +
Tallest waterfalls
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colspan="4"|Tallest waterfalls in California{{cite web|url=https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/country/United-States/California/tallest|title=List of Waterfalls in California, United States|publisher=World Waterfall Database|accessdate=2020-08-23}} |
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Rank
!Name !Height !Location |
1
|{{convert|2425|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
2
|{{convert|2200|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
3
|{{convert|1920|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
4
|{{convert|1680|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
5
|{{convert|1612|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
6=
|{{convert|1400|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
6=
|Columbia Cascade |{{convert|1400|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
8
|{{convert|1310|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
9
|{{convert|1300|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
10
|{{convert|1250|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
11=
|{{convert|1200|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
11=
|Chagoopa Falls |{{convert|1200|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
11=
|Stevenson Creek Falls |{{convert|1200|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
14
|{{convert|1180|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
15
|Chain Cascade (Cascade Cliffs) |{{convert|1150|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
16
|Reconnaissance Creek Falls |{{convert|900|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
17
|{{convert|880|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
18
|Garlic Falls |{{convert|800|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
19
|{{convert|791|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
20
|The Cascades (Cascade Falls) |{{convert|750|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/region/United-States/California/ All waterfalls in California] – World Waterfall Database
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