Chagoopa Falls is a waterfall on Chagoopa Creek in Tulare County, California, in the Sierra Nevada region, with a total height of about 1,200 feet. It lies about 21.7 miles southwest of Lone Pine and roughly 43.6 miles northeast of Porterville as the crow flies.
At 1,200 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 286 California waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 10th. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Sierra Nevada is a long granite range with glacially carved canyons, alpine meadows and forests of ponderosa and Jeffrey pine, incense cedar and giant sequoia. Snowmelt-fed rivers pour over polished granite steps and cliffs, especially in spring and early summer.
There are 93 recorded waterfalls in Tulare County. Lower Rock Creek Falls, is about 1.2 miles away. Upper Rock Creek Falls, is about 1.4 miles away. Whitney Falls, is about 6.2 miles away.
Chagoopa Falls is located at 36.4693° N, 118.4155° 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 creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. 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.