South Fork Tuolumne Cascades is a 70-foot waterfall on South Fork Tuolumne River in Tuolumne County, California, in the Sierra Nevada region. It lies about 8.6 miles northwest of Yosemite Valley and roughly 53.7 miles northeast of Merced as the crow flies.
At 70 feet it is taller than the typical California waterfall of about 70 feet, ranking 138th of 286 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 30 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a cascade character. It falls in 3 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. South Fork Tuolumne River carries 8 recorded waterfalls, and South Fork Tuolumne Cascades is the tallest of them.
Tuolumne County holds 84 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Cascade Creek Falls, is about 2.9 miles away. Tamarack Falls, a 100-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 4.2 miles away. Cascades, The, a 750-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is about 4.5 miles away.
South Fork Tuolumne Cascades is located at 37.7918° N, 119.7211° 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.