# List of waterfalls in California

This is a list of waterfalls in California, ordered by county.

## Northern California
### Alameda County

* Murrietta Falls – 100 ft (30 m)

### Alpine County

* Llewellyn Falls – 25 ft (7.6 m)
* Wolf Creek Falls – 40 ft (12 m)

### Amador County

* Moore Creek Falls

### Calaveras County

* North Fork Stanislaus River Falls (Portage 24 Falls)

### Butte County

* Phantom Falls (Coal Canyon Falls) – 164 ft (50 m)
* Feather Falls – 410 ft (120 m) +
* Frenchy's Falls

### El Dorado County

* Bassi Falls – 109 ft (33 m)
* Bridal Veil Falls (Esmeralda Falls) – 81 ft (25 m)
* Eagle Falls – 160 ft (49 m)
* Glen Alpine Falls (Big Falls) – 73 ft (22 m)
* Horsetail Falls – 500 ft (150 m) +
* Modjeska Falls (Upper Glen Alpine Falls) – 51 ft (16 m)
* Pyramid Creek Cascades (Lower Horsetail Falls) – 75 ft (23 m)
* Traverse Creek Falls
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### Humboldt County

* Baldwin Falls – 25 ft (7.6 m)
* Gold Dust Falls – 80 ft (24 m)

### Lake County

* The "Jams" Rapid Falls 30 ft (9.1m)

### Mendocino County

* Dora Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
* Chamberlain Creek Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
* Russian Gulch Falls – 36 ft (11 m)

### Modoc County

* Mill Creek Falls – 50 ft (15 m) +

### Napa County

* Zim Zim Falls – 105 ft (32 m)

### Nevada County

* Bowman Lake Falls (Sawmill Falls, Canyon Creek Falls) – 80 ft (24 m)

### Placer County

* Devils Falls – 65 ft (20 m)
* East Snow Mountain Falls – 2,200 ft (670 m) +
* Grouse Falls – 504 ft (154 m)
* Heath Falls – 65 ft (20 m) +
* Hidden Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
* New York Canyon Falls – 462 ft (141 m) +
* Petroglyph Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
* Wabena Falls – 65 ft (20 m)

### Plumas County

* Chambers Creek Falls – 200 ft (61 m)
* Fern Falls – 35 ft (11 m)
* Frazier Falls – 178 ft (54 m)
* Halsey Falls (Hawlsey Falls) – 20 ft (6.1 m)
* Indian Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
* Little Jamieson Falls – 40 ft (12 m)

### Shasta County

* Burney Falls – 129 ft (39 m)
* McCloud River Falls (Falls of the McCloud River) – 80 ft (24 m) +
* Kings Creek Falls – 46 ft (14 m)
* Pit River Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
* Potem Falls – 70 ft (21 m)
* The Cascades (Kings Creek) – 198 ft (60 m)
* Whiskeytown Falls – 180 ft (55 m) +

### Siskiyou County

* Ash Creek Falls
* Coquette Falls
* Hedge Creek Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
* Ishi Pishi Falls
* Mossbrae Falls
* Mud Creek Falls (Konwakiton Falls)
* Whitney Falls – 200 ft (61 m)

### Tehama County

* Battle Creek Falls – 16 ft (4.9 m)
* Bluff Falls – 47 ft (14 m)
* Deer Creek Falls – 18 ft (5.5 m)
* Mill Creek Falls – 75 ft (23 m)

## Central California
### Contra Costa County

* Mount Diablo Falls

### Fresno County

* Big Creek Falls (Kerckhoff Cascade, The Cascada)
* Crystal Veil Falls
* Dinkey Creek Falls – 400 ft (120 m) +
* Garlic Falls – 820 ft (250 m)
* Grizzly Falls – 150 ft (46 m)
* Minnow Creek Falls – 250 ft (76 m)
* Mist Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
* Purple Lake Falls – 300 ft (91 m) +
* Redwood Creek Falls – 300 ft (91 m) +
* Roaring River Falls – 40 ft (12 m)
* Royce Falls (Royce Lake Falls) – 750 ft (230 m) +
* Silver Pass Falls – 475 ft (145 m)
* Silver Spray Falls – 200 ft (61 m) +
* Slissate Falls – 250 ft (76 m)
* Stevenson Creek Falls – 1,200 ft (370 m)
* Tenmile Creek Falls – 200 ft (61 m)
* Triple Falls – 550 ft (170 m)

### Inyo County

* Darwin Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
* Portal Falls (Whitney Portal Falls, Lone Pine Creek Falls) – 150 ft (46 m) +

### Madera County

* Angel Falls
* Camino Falls – 200 ft (61 m)
* Chiquito Creek Falls – 70 ft (21 m)
* Corlieu Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
* Jackass Falls – 160 ft (49 m)
* Nydiver Falls
* Rainbow Falls – 101 ft (31 m)
* Reconnaissance Creek Falls – 900 ft (270 m)
* Hidden Falls – 40 ft (12 m)

### Marin County

* Alamere Falls – 60 ft (18 m) +
* Cascade Falls
* Cataract Falls
* Dawn Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)

### Mariposa County

* Bridalveil Fall – 620 ft (190 m)
* Chain Cascade (Cascade Cliffs) – 1,150 ft (350 m)
* Chilnualna Falls – 690 ft (210 m)
* Fissure Falls – 400 ft (120 m) +
* Horsetail Fall – 2,130 ft (650 m)
* Illilouette Fall – 370 ft (110 m)
* Lehamite Falls – 1,180 ft (360 m)
* Nevada Fall – 594 ft (181 m)
* Pywiack Cascade – 600 ft (180 m)
* Quaking Aspen Falls – 25 ft (7.6 m)
* Ribbon Fall – 1,612 ft (491 m)
* Royal Arch Cascade – 1,250 ft (380 m)
* Sentinel Fall – 1,920 ft (590 m)
* Silver Strand Falls – 574 ft (175 m)
* Snow Creek Falls – 2,140 ft (650 m)
* Staircase Falls – 1,300 ft (400 m)
* The Cascades (Cascade Falls) – 750 ft (230 m)
* Three Chute Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
* Vernal Fall – 317 ft (97 m)
* Widow's Tears – 1,170 ft (360 m)
* Wildcat Falls – 720 ft (220 m)
* Yosemite Falls – 2,425 ft (739 m)

### Mono County

* Aspen Falls
* Big Bend Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
* Ellery Lake Falls
* Gem Lake Falls
* Leavitt Falls – 200 ft (61 m)
* Lee Vining Falls
* Minaret Falls – 250 ft (76 m) +
* Rush Creek Falls (Horsetail Falls) – 200 ft (61 m) +
* Sardine Falls

### Monterey County

* Limekiln Falls – 100 ft (30 m)
* McWay Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
* Salmon Creek Falls – 120 ft (37 m)

### San Mateo County

* Elliot Creek Falls
* Peters Creek Falls
* Pomponio Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
* Tip Toe Falls – 6 ft (1.8 m)

### Santa Clara County

* Basin Falls – 20 ft (6.1 m)
* Black Rock Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
* Granuja Falls
* Triple Falls – 35 ft (11 m)
* Uvas Falls

### Santa Cruz County

* Berry Creek Falls – 65 ft (20 m)
* Castle Rock Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
* Golden Cascade
* Silver Falls – 50 ft (15 m)

### Tulare County

* Black Wolf Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
* Broder Falls (Coyote Creek Falls) – 63 ft (19 m) +
* Brush Creek Falls
* Cascade Falls (Yucca Creek Falls) – 50 ft (15 m) +
* Chagoopa Falls – 1,200 ft (370 m)
* Crystal Creek Falls
* Franklin Falls
* Freeman Creek Falls – 150 ft (46 m)
* Marble Falls (Marble Fork Falls) – 600 ft (180 m)
* Middle Fork Tule River Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
* Panther Creek Falls
* Peppermint Creek Falls – 150 ft (46 m)
* Rock Creek Falls – 100 ft (30 m)
* Salmon Creek Falls – 450 ft (140 m) +
* South Creek Falls – 120 ft (37 m)
* South Fork Kaweah River Falls
* Sky Blue Lake Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
* Three-Falls-Below-The Gate (Mineral King Falls) – 200 ft (61 m)
* Tokopah Falls (Tokopah Valley Falls) – 1,200 ft (370 m)
* Tufa Falls – 450 ft (140 m) +
* Volcano Falls (Golden Trout Creek Falls)

### Tuolumne County

* California Falls – 120 ft (37 m)
* Clavey Falls
* Le Conte Falls – 250 ft (76 m)
* Niagara Creek Falls – 730 ft (220 m)
* Piute Falls
* Rancheria Falls
* Tueeulala Falls – 880 ft (270 m)
* Tuolumne Falls – 100 ft (30 m)
* Wapama Falls – 1,080 ft (330 m)
* Waterwheel Falls – 360 ft (110 m)
* White Cascade – 75 ft (23 m)

## Southern California
### Kern County

* Spear Creek Falls (Poso Creek Falls)

### Los Angeles County

* Bailey Canyon Falls – 20 ft (6.1 m)
* Eaton Canyon Falls – 40 ft (12 m)
* Escondido Falls – 200 ft (61 m)
* Falls Creek Falls – 200 ft (61 m)
* Fish Canyon Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
* Fox Creek Falls – 60 ft (18 m)
* Grand Chasm Falls (Rainbow Falls)
* Hermit Falls – 20 ft (6.1 m)
* Leontine Falls
* Lodged Boulder Falls
* Maidenhair Falls
* Millard Canyon Falls – 60 ft (18 m)
* Moss Grotto Falls
* Newton Canyon Falls
* Ribbon Rock Falls
* Roaring Rift Falls
* San Antonio Falls – 75 ft (23 m)
* Saucer Branch Falls (Punch Bowl)
* Sturtevant Falls – 60 ft (18 m)
* Switzer Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
* Thalehaha Falls (Bridal Veil Falls) – 80 ft (24 m)
* Trail Canyon Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
* Wolfskill Falls – 100 ft (30 m)
* Zuma Canyon Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)

### Orange County

* Black Star Canyon Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
* Falls Canyon Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
* Holy Jim Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
* Laurel Canyon Falls – 100 ft (30 m)

### Riverside County

* Ortega Falls – 35 ft (11 m)
* San Juan Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
* Tahquitz Falls – 60 ft (18 m)
* Tenaja Falls – 150 ft (46 m)

### San Bernardino County

* Big Falls – 500 ft (150 m)
* Bonita Falls (Bonita Canyon Falls) – 230 ft (70 m) +
* Etiwanda Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
* Frustration Creek Falls – 60 ft (18 m)
* Monkeyface Falls – 100 ft (30 m)
* Sapphire Falls

### San Diego County

* Adobe Falls
* Cedar Creek Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
* Kitchen Creek Falls – 120 ft (37 m) +
* Three Sisters Falls (Devils Punchbowl) - 160 ft (49 m)
* Mildred Falls - 350 ft (110 m)
* Maidenhair Falls - 20 ft (6.1 m)

### San Luis Obispo County

* Big Falls – 135 ft (41 m) +
* Nacimiento Falls – 20 ft (6.1 m)

### Santa Barbara County

* Mission Falls
* Nojoqui Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
* Rattlesnake Falls
* San Ysidro Falls
* Seven Falls
* Sisquoc Falls – 250 ft (76 m)
* Tangerine Falls (West Fork Cold Springs Falls) – 100 ft (30 m)

### Ventura County

* La Jolla Canyon Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
* Matilija Falls – 40 ft (12 m) +
* Paradise Falls (Wildwood Falls) – 70 ft (21 m)
* Piru Creek Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
* Rose Valley Falls – 300 ft (91 m)
* Santa Paula Canyon Falls (The Punchbowl) – 30 ft (9.1 m)
* Santa Ynez Falls
* Solstice Canyon Falls – 25 ft (7.6 m)
* Tar Creek Falls (Emerald Falls) – 70 ft (21 m) +

## Tallest waterfalls

Tallest waterfalls in California :
| Rank | Name | Height | Location |
| 1 | Yosemite Falls | 2,425 ft (739 m) | Yosemite National Park |
| 2 | East Snow Mountain Falls | 2,200 ft (670 m) | Eldorado National Forest |
| 3 | Sentinel Fall | 1,920 ft (590 m) | Yosemite National Park |
| 4 | Widow's Tears | 1,680 ft (510 m) | Yosemite National Park |
| 5 | Ribbon Fall | 1,612 ft (491 m) | Yosemite National Park |
| 6= | Horsetail Fall | 1,400 ft (430 m) | Yosemite National Park |
| 6= | Columbia Cascade | 1,400 ft (430 m) | Yosemite National Park |
| 8 | Wapama Falls | 1,310 ft (400 m) | Yosemite National Park |
| 9 | Staircase Falls | 1,300 ft (400 m) | Yosemite National Park |
| 10 | Royal Arch Cascade | 1,250 ft (380 m) | Yosemite National Park |
| 11= | Tokopah Falls | 1,200 ft (370 m) | Sequoia National Park |
| 11= | Chagoopa Falls | 1,200 ft (370 m) | Sequoia National Park |
| 11= | Stevenson Creek Falls | 1,200 ft (370 m) | Sierra National Forest |
| 14 | Lehamite Falls | 1,180 ft (360 m) | Yosemite National Park |
| 15 | Chain Cascade (Cascade Cliffs) | 1,150 ft (350 m) | Yosemite National Park |
| 16 | Reconnaissance Creek Falls | 900 ft (270 m) | Sierra National Forest |
| 17 | Tueeulala Falls | 880 ft (270 m) | Yosemite National Park |
| 18 | Garlic Falls | 800 ft (240 m) | Sierra National Forest |
| 19 | Horsetail Falls | 791 ft (241 m) | Eldorado National Forest |
| 20 | The Cascades (Cascade Falls) | 750 ft (230 m) | Yosemite National Park |