Cascades, The is a 198-foot waterfall on Kings Creek in Shasta County, California, in the Cascades region. It lies about 15.6 miles northwest of Chester and roughly 50.3 miles east of Redding as the crow flies.
At 198 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of California’s 286 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 67th; the typical California waterfall is about 70 feet. The tallest single drop is 109 feet. By form it is a slide, where the water glides down a smooth, inclined rock surface, combined with a cascade character. It falls in 4 drops.
The Cascades are a high volcanic range of snow-capped peaks, deep glacial valleys and dense conifer forest of Douglas fir, western hemlock and true firs, with abundant rain and snow on the western slopes. Basalt cliffs and lava flows give the region one of the highest concentrations of waterfalls in the country. Kings Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Cascades, The is the tallest of them.
Shasta County holds 43 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Kings Creek Falls, a 46-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Devils Kitchen Falls, is about 1.4 miles away. Grassy Swale Falls, is about 2.4 miles away.
Cascades, The is located at 40.4601° N, 121.4484° 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.