Marble Falls is a waterfall on Marble Fork Kaweah River in Tulare County, California, in the Sierra Nevada region, with a total height of about 600 feet. It lies about 10.1 miles northeast of Three Rivers and roughly 31.8 miles northeast of Visalia as the crow flies.
At 600 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of California’s 286 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 27th; the typical California waterfall is about 70 feet. It falls in 7 drops.
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. Marble Fork Kaweah River carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 1,200 feet.
There are 93 recorded waterfalls in Tulare County. Middle Marble Falls, is under a mile away. Lower Marble Falls, is about 1.1 miles away. Middle Fork Kaweah Falls, 10 feet high, is about 2.9 miles away.
Marble Falls is located at 36.5531° N, 118.7921° 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.