Cascade Waterfalls in the United States
687 cascade waterfalls across the United States. The water tumbles down a series of rock steps rather than in one drop. All waterfalls.
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- Alabama 97
- Arizona 66
- Arkansas 280
- California 1,039
- Colorado 345
- Connecticut 79
- Florida 3
- Georgia 298
- Idaho 249
- Illinois 20
- Indiana 24
- Iowa 8
- Kansas 24
- Kentucky 65
- Louisiana 6
- Maine 175
- Maryland 13
- Massachusetts 37
- Michigan 294
- Minnesota 43
- Mississippi 8
- Missouri 11
- Montana 252
- Nebraska 14
- Nevada 25
- New Hampshire 264
- New Jersey 5
- New Mexico 20
- New York 879
- North Carolina 495
- North Dakota 1
- Ohio 26
- Oklahoma 30
- Oregon 1,342
- Pennsylvania 274
- Rhode Island 5
- South Carolina 22
- South Dakota 10
- Tennessee 427
- Texas 71
- Utah 76
- Vermont 229
- Virginia 127
- Washington 2,596
- West Virginia 13
- Wisconsin 83
- Wyoming 267
- Tallest drop 800 ft · 5 drops
- 28 mi from Darrington
- Tallest drop 1,180 ft
- On Lehamite Creek
- 2 mi from Yosemite Valley
- On Marble Fork Kaweah River
- 17 mi from Three Rivers
- Tallest drop 80 ft
- 11 mi from Deerfield
- Tallest drop 235 ft · 3 drops
- On Woodbine Creek
- 24 mi from Absarokee
- On Spruce Creek
- 5 mi from Breckenridge
- Tallest drop 94 ft · 4 drops
- On Chenuis Creek
- 14 mi from Crocker
- On Catawba River
- 4 mi from Black Mountain
- Tallest drop 160 ft
- 3 mi from Manchester Center
- On Cascade Creek
- 17 mi from Moose Wilson Road
- On Logan Creek
- 31 mi from Columbia Falls
- On Cascade Brook
- 6 mi from North Adams
- 6 drops
- On Sullivan Creek
- 12 mi from Mill City
- Tallest drop 30 ft
- On Wight Brook
- 12 mi from Bethel
- On Marshfield Brook
- 11 mi from Hardwick
- Tallest drop 55 ft · 3 drops
- On Deception Creek
- 25 mi from Gold Bar
- On South Fork Skykomish River
- 8 mi from Gold Bar
- Tallest drop 30 ft
- On Soda Creek
- Under 1 mi from Idaho Springs
- Tallest drop 72 ft · 2 drops
- On Buttermilk Creek
- 2 mi from South Hill
- Tallest drop 25 ft · 6 drops
- On Wildcat Brook
- 7 mi from North Conway
- On Roaring Fork
- 12 mi from Marion
What is a cascade waterfall?
A cascade tumbles down a series of rock steps or a rough slope rather than falling in one clean drop. The water stays broken and white the whole way, which makes cascades the type you hear before you see. Because a cascade can stretch over a long stream section, total heights can be large even where no single step is tall: Colonial Creek Falls in Washington is recorded at 2,568 feet over a long cascading course, the greatest total height in the catalogue. There are 688 cascades listed, most of them in Washington and New Hampshire, where glacial valleys leave long, steep creek beds. Many are also tagged as tiered or horsetail, since those terms describe the parts while cascade describes the whole.
Tallest cascade waterfalls
- Colonial Creek Falls2,568 ftWhatcom County, Washington
- Johannesburg Falls2,465 ftSkagit County, Washington
- Cloudcap Falls2,400 ftWhatcom County, Washington
- East Snow Mountain Falls2,200 ftPlacer County, California
- Seahpo Peak Falls2,200 ftWhatcom County, Washington