Pywiack Dome Cascade is a 30-foot waterfall on Tenaya Creek in Mariposa County, California, in the Sierra Nevada region. It lies about 10.4 miles northeast of Yosemite Valley and roughly 68.3 miles northeast of Merced as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is on the modest side for California, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 70 feet; it ranks 215th of 286.
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; the biggest of them reaches 660 feet.
Mariposa County holds 55 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Cathedral Lakes Falls, 450 feet high, is under a mile away. Olmsted Cascade, 300 feet high, is about 3 miles away. Unnamed waterfall on Tuolumne River, is about 4.2 miles away.
Pywiack Dome Cascade is located at 37.8449° N, 119.4399° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.