Carson Falls is a 150-foot waterfall on Little Carson Creek in Marin County, California, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 3 miles south of Woodacre and roughly 6.2 miles west of San Rafael as the crow flies.
At 150 feet it is taller than the typical California waterfall of about 70 feet, ranking 74th of 286 with a recorded height.
The Coast Range is a belt of steep, deeply dissected hills along the Pacific, wrapped in dense temperate rainforest of Douglas fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and red alder. Heavy winter rain feeds short, fast creeks lined with ferns, salmonberry and moss that drop steeply toward the ocean or the Columbia.
Marin County holds 13 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Ink Well, The, is about 1.5 miles away. Cascade Falls, 18 feet high, is about 1.6 miles away. Cataract Falls, is about 2.8 miles away.
Carson Falls is located at 37.9697° N, 122.6445° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.