title: List of waterfalls in California
text: # 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
  
  Cascade falls missing
  
  ### 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 |
  