Tahquitz Falls

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| name = Tahquitz Falls

| photo = Tahquitz Falls 1.jpg

| photo_caption = Tahquitz Falls, facing west

| location = Tahquitz Canyon

| type = Staircase

| elevation = {{convert|890|ft|abbr=on}}

| height = {{convert|60|ft|abbr=on}}

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Tahquitz Falls is a waterfall on Tahquitz Creek in the west skirt of the city Palm Springs, in the U.S. state of California. The waterfall is located in lower Tahquitz Canyon, a short distance upstream from the visitor center. The name of the canyon and its waterfall is from the spirit Tahquitz, a Cahuilla native of the Agua Caliente folklore.{{cite news|title=Palm Springs hiking, from sand to snow|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/travel/sdut-palm-springs-hiking-from-sand-to-snow-2013feb22-htmlstory.html|last=Lister|first=Priscilla |date=22 Feb 2013|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|accessdate=29 August 2017}}

The river flows over a slab of granite atop the falls, after which it plunges about {{convert|60|ft|m}}{{cite web |url= http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Tahquitz-Falls-6924|title=Tahquitz Falls Riverside County, California|last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=Northwest Waterfall Survey |publisher= |accessdate=29 August 2017|quote=}} into a pool. The fall is split once by a protrusion on the face of the canyon wall. The Tahquitz Falls is in the boundaries included in the National Register of Historic Places.

{{wide image|Tahquitz Falls pano.jpg|700 px|Tahquitz Falls in late fall 2020}}