Golden Cascade is a 50-foot waterfall in Santa Cruz County, California, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 8.9 miles northwest of Boulder Creek and roughly 16.5 miles southwest of Cupertino as the crow flies.
At 50 feet it is on the modest side for California, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 70 feet; it ranks 160th of 286.
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.
Santa Cruz County holds 8 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Silver Falls, 50 feet high, is under a mile away. Berry Creek Falls, 60 feet high, is under a mile away. Sempervirens Falls, 20 feet high, is about 3.4 miles away.
Golden Cascade is located at 37.1777° N, 122.2711° 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.