Waterfalls in California
1,021 mapped and rated — topped by Yosemite Falls at 10/10.
The 10 best waterfalls in California →
Yosemite Falls
1,430 ft — one of the tallest in the country.
The Cascades
A major 5-tier plunge on Cascade Creek.
Garlic Falls
A 6-tier plunge on Garlic Meadow Creek.
Bridalveil Fall
A major plunge on Bridalveil Creek.
Feather Falls
A veiling plunge on Fall River.
Horsetail Falls
A 6-tier waterfall on Pyramid Creek.
Nevada Fall
A major veiling horsetail on Merced River.
Royal Arch Cascade
1,250 ft — one of the tallest in the country.
Silver Strand Falls
A major horsetail on Meadow Brook.
Vernal Fall
A vertical curtain on Merced River.
Wapama Falls
1,310 ft — one of the tallest in the country.
Ash Creek Falls
A horsetail on Ash Creek.
Big Falls
A 3-tier plunge on Falls Creek.
Chilnualna Falls
A 3-tier plunge on Chilnualna Creek.
Rose Valley Falls
A 2-tier plunge on Rose Valley Creek.
Cliff Creek Falls
A 3-tier waterfall on Cliff Creek.
Widow's Tears
1,200 ft — one of the tallest in the country.
Illilouette Fall
A veiling plunge on Illilouette Creek.
Ribbon Fall
1,612 ft — one of the tallest in the country.
Sentinel Fall
A major 9-tier waterfall on Sentinel Creek.
Tueeulala Falls
A major plunge on Falls Creek.
Chain Cascade
1,150 ft — one of the tallest in the country.
Chinquapin Falls
A horsetail on Indian Creek.
Wildcat Falls
A 5-tier horsetail on Wildcat Creek.
Stevenson Creek Falls
A waterfall on Stevenson Creek.
New York Canyon Falls
A plunge on New York Canyon Creek.
Niagara Creek Falls
A 4-tier waterfall on Niagra Creek.
Pywiack Cascade
A major waterfall on Tenaya Creek.
Whiskeytown Falls
A 3-tier horsetail on East Fork Crystal Creek.
Burney Falls
A segmented horsetails on Burney Creek.
Tamarack Falls
A horsetail on Tamarack Creek.
Bonita Falls
A 4-tier waterfall.
Tenaya Falls
A segmented plunges on Tenaya Creek.
Tenaya Cascade
A waterfall on Tenaya Creek.
Foresta Falls
A 7-tier horsetail on Crane Creek.
Ellery Lake Falls
A segmented horsetails on Lee Vining Creek.
Lower Taylor Creek Falls
A waterfall on Taylor Creek.
Kings Creek Falls
A horsetail on Kings Creek.
Middle McCloud River Falls
A wide horsetail on McCloud River.
Dry Meadow Creek Falls
A waterfall on Dry Meadow Creek.
Heath Falls
A 3-tier waterfall on North Fork American River.
Mossbrae Falls
A segmented horsetails on Sacramento River.
Bluff Falls
A horsetail.
Newton Canyon Falls
A 2-tier waterfall.
Battle Creek Falls
A segmented plunges on Battle Creek.
Rainbow Pool
A plunging punchbowl on South Fork Tuolumne River.
Cooper Canyon Falls
A 2-tier waterfall.
Hidden Falls
A 3-tier waterfall on Wishon Fork Tule River.
Deer Creek Falls
A plunging punchbowl on Deer Creek.
Hedge Creek Falls
A plunge on Hedge Creek.
Lower McCloud River Falls
A plunging punchbowl on McCloud River.
Mill Creek Falls
A 2-tier plunge on East Sulphur Creek.
Modjeska Falls
A 3-tier plunge on Glen Alpine Creek.
Grouse Falls
A 2-tier horsetail on Grouse Creek.
Snow Creek Falls
A 7-tier horsetail on Snow Creek.
Upper McCloud River Falls
A tiered plunge on McCloud River.
Staircase Falls
A 5-tier horsetail on Gossamer Creek.
Webber Falls
A 3-tier plunge on Little Truckee River.
Hetch Hetchy Falls
A veiling horsetail.
Marble Falls
A 7-tier waterfall on Marble Fork Kaweah River.
Roaring River Falls
A 2-tier waterfall on Roaring Creek.
Shadow Lake Falls
A 7-tier waterfall on Shadow Creek.
Chagoopa Falls
A horsetail on Chagoopa Creek.
Emerald Lake Falls
A ephemeral.
Mission Falls
A 4-tier waterfall on Mission Creek.
Triple Falls
A 3-tier waterfall on Cartridge Creek.
Agnew Lake Falls
A waterfall on Rush Creek.
Alamere Falls
A waterfall on Alamere Creek.
Bear Ranch Creek Falls
A waterfall on Bear Ranch Creek.
California Falls
A waterfall on Tuolumne River.
Cedar Creek Falls
A waterfall on Cedar Creek.
Cedar Creek Falls
A waterfall on Cedar Creek.
Cleo's Bath
A waterfall on South Fork Stanislaus River.
Dana Fork Falls
A waterfall on Dana Fork Tuolumne River.
Hamilton Creek Falls
A waterfall on Hamilton Creek.
Horsetail Falls
A waterfall on Rush Creek.
Lower Falls
A waterfall on Middle Fork San Joaquin River.
Lower Rancheria Falls
A waterfall on Rancheria Falls.
Middle Rancheria Falls
A waterfall on Rancheria Creek.
Mill Creek Falls
A waterfall on Mill Creek.
Rafferty Creek Falls
A waterfall on Rafferty Creek.
Rancheria Falls
A waterfall on Rancheria Creek.
Roaring Creek Falls
A waterfall on Roaring Creek.
Rock Creek Falls
A waterfall on Rock Creek.
Sardine Falls
A waterfall on McKay Creek.
South Fork Tuolumne Falls
A waterfall on South Fork Tuolumne River.
Squaw Creek Falls
A waterfall on Squaw Creek.
Tuolumne Falls
A waterfall on Tuolumne River.
Upper Chilnualna Falls
A waterfall on Chilnualna Creek.
Upper Pine Creek Falls
A waterfall on Pine Creek.
All 1,021 waterfalls in California
- Abrigo Falls
- Adams Falls
- Agnew Lake Falls
- Alamere Falls
- Alder Creek Falls
- Alger Creek Falls
- Allison Mine Falls
- Alpine Creek Falls
- Alpine Falls
- Alum Rock Falls
- American Canyon Creek Falls
- Anderson Canyon Falls
- Andreas Falls
- Andrew Molera Falls
- Angel Falls
- Anne Lake Falls
- Arroyo Aguague Falls
- Arroyo Mocho Falls
- Ash Creek Falls
- Aspen Falls
- Avalanche Creek Falls
- Bad Canyon Falls
- Bagley Flat Falls
- Baldwin Falls
- Balsam Creek Falls
- Barker Creek Falls
- Barker Valley Falls
- Barrier Rock Falls
- Bartlett Creek Falls
- Basin Falls
- Bass Lake Falls
- Bassi Falls
- Battle Creek Falls
- Bear Canyon Falls
- Bear Creek Falls
- Bear Creek Falls
- Bear Creek Falls
- Bear Creek Falls
- Bear Gulch Cascades
- Bear Ranch Creek Falls
- Bear River Falls
- Bear Springs Creek Falls
- Bearcroft Falls
- Beatson Falls
- Bench Canyon Falls
- Berry Creek Falls
- Big Creek Falls
- Big Creek Falls
- Big Falls
- Big Falls
- Big Granite Creek Falls
- Big Jackass Falls
- Big Kimshew Falls
- Big Mosquito Falls
- Big Sur Falls
- Big Tujunga Canyon Falls
- Big Valley Canyon Falls
- Bishop Creek Falls
- Bishop Creek Falls
- Black Canyon Falls
- Black Creek Falls
- Black Jack Falls
- Black Rock Falls
- Black Star Canyon Falls
- Black Wolf Falls
- Blacksmith Creek Falls
- Blue Canyon Falls
- Blue Canyon Falls
- Bluff Falls
- Bonita Falls
- Borrego Palm Canyon Falls
- Botsford Falls
- Boulder Creek Falls
- Boulder Creek Falls
- Bouquet Canyon Falls
- Bowman Lake Falls
- Brandy Creek Falls
- Branigan Lake Falls
- Bridal Veil Falls
- Bridalveil Fall
- Broder Falls
- Brooks Falls
- Brush Creek Falls
- Brushy Canyon Falls
- Brushy Creek Falls
- Bubbs Creek Falls
- Buckhorn Falls
- Bunnell Cascade
- Burnett Canyon Falls
- Burney Falls
- Burnt Ranch Falls
- Burstarse Falls
- Butano Falls
- Butter Creek Falls
- Buttermilk Falls
- California Falls
- Camino Falls
- Camp Creek Falls
- Camp Creek Falls
- Canyon Creek Basin Falls
- Canyon Creek Falls
- Canyon Creek Falls
- Canyon Creek Falls
- Canyon Falls
- Canyon Lakes Falls
- Caples Creek Falls
- Cargyle Creek Falls
- Caribou Creek Falls
- Carlon Falls
- Carrizo Falls
- Carson Falls
- Carson Falls
- Cascade Creek Falls
- Cascade Creek Falls
- Cascade Creek Falls
- Cascade Falls
- Cascade Falls
- Castle Rock Falls
- Cataract Falls
- Cathedral Falls
- Cathedral Lakes Falls
- Cedar Creek Falls
- Cedar Creek Falls
- Cedar Falls
- Chagoopa Falls
- Chain Cascade
- Chamberlain Falls
- Chambers Creek Falls
- Cherokee Creek Falls
- Cherry Bomb Falls
- Chilnualna Falls
- Chinquapin Falls
- Chiquito Creek Falls
- Cholollo Falls
- Chorro Grande Falls
- Clark Canyon Falls
- Clark Fork Falls
- Clear Creek Falls
- Cleo's Bath
- Cliff Creek Falls
- Clover Creek Falls
- Cobbs Creek Falls
- Codfish Falls
- Cold Creek Falls
- Cold Meadow Creek Falls
- Columbia Cascade
- Condor Falls
- Condor Gulch Cascades
- Conness Lakes Falls
- Coon Falls