Waterfalls Near Me
Tap one button and see the waterfalls closest to you, sorted by distance, with height, type, the stream they fall on and directions to each one. The catalogue covers 10,780 waterfalls and 1,080 rapids in 47 states, built from the USGS dataset.
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Or search near a town, a park or a ZIP code
Waterfalls near me on the map
Numbers are how many waterfalls and rapids sit in that area. Zoom in or click a circle to split it; click a single marker for the height, the type and a link to the waterfall page.
How the “waterfalls near me” search works
When you press the button, your phone or laptop shares its coordinates with this page. We measure the straight-line distance from that point to every waterfall in the catalogue and show the closest ones first, starting within 80 miles for waterfalls and 150 miles for rapids. Each result carries its distance, so you can tell a five-minute detour from a day trip before you open the page.
If nothing sits inside the radius, the page tells you how far the nearest waterfall is and offers to show the closest ones anyway, so a search never ends with an empty screen. No GPS? Type a town, a national park or a ZIP code into the Location field and the same search runs from there.
What you learn about every waterfall
- Height, with the tallest single drop and the number of drops when the fall is tiered.
- Type: plunge, horsetail, cascade, tiered, block, fan, punchbowl, slide and others, so you know what the water actually does.
- Where it is: the stream, the county and state, the nearest town with its distance, and a map with a directions link.
- Location verified marks waterfalls whose coordinates were checked against aerial imagery.
- Waterfalls nearby on every page, so one find leads to the next.
- Photos and reviews from visitors, including the season they went and what the trail was like.
Best waterfalls near me, tallest first
Looking for the most impressive fall within reach rather than the closest one? Run the search, then switch the sort to Tallest first or Top rated. The tallest waterfalls in the country reach well over 2,000 feet, and several states have falls above 500 feet within an hour of a major city. Sorting by rating brings up the ones visitors rate highest, which is often the better guide for a family day out than raw height.
Swimming holes, hikes and winter ice
Many searches are really about a specific kind of trip: waterfalls you can swim in, a trail with a waterfall at the end, or frozen falls in January. The catalogue is being enriched with access type, trail length, hike difficulty and swimming notes for each waterfall; where these are known they appear in the facts on the waterfall page. Until then, visitor reviews are the best source: people say plainly whether the pool is swimmable, how long the walk was and whether the fall runs dry in late summer.
Browse by state instead
Planning further ahead? The full waterfall catalogue and the rapids catalogue can be filtered by state, county and type, and every waterfall page links to the ones nearby. Oregon, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Texas and Ohio have the most searched waterfalls; the Pacific Northwest and the Sierra Nevada have the tallest.
Questions people ask
- How accurate is “near me”?
- As accurate as your device’s location, usually within a few hundred feet outdoors. Distances are measured in a straight line, so driving time can be longer in the mountains.
- Why do I see “no waterfalls near you”?
- There is none inside the default radius. The message shows how far the nearest one is and a link to list the closest waterfalls anyway.
- Does it work on a desktop computer?
- Yes. Browsers locate a computer by its network address, which is less precise. Typing your town in the Location field gives a better starting point.
- Do you store my location?
- No. The coordinates go into the search request and nothing else. Nothing is saved on the site or in your account.