Pywiack Cascade is a 660-foot waterfall on Tenaya Creek in Mariposa County, California, in the Sierra Nevada region. It lies about 5.9 miles northeast of Yosemite Valley and roughly 64 miles northeast of Merced as the crow flies.
At 660 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of California’s 286 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 25th; the typical California waterfall is about 70 feet.
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. Tenaya Creek carries 6 recorded waterfalls, and Pywiack Cascade is the tallest of them.
Mariposa County holds 55 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Tenaya Cascade, 150 feet high, is under a mile away. Olmsted Cascade, 300 feet high, is about 1.7 miles away. Upper Snow Creek Falls, 750 feet high, is about 2.9 miles away.
Pywiack Cascade is located at 37.7872° N, 119.4878° 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.