Eaton Canyon Falls

Eaton Canyon Falls is a 40-foot waterfall on Eaton Canyon Creek in Los Angeles County, California, currently closed to the public.

The falls

A lidar-based height of about 40 feet matches the figure an older Los Angeles County hiking feature used before the closure. The waterfall is also known as Eaton Canyon Waterfall.

Getting there

Both the county park area and the adjoining U.S. Forest Service land have been closed since the January 2025 Eaton Fire, under a county closure that runs through December 31, 2027. Before the fire, a walk from the nature center parking lot led along a sandy, rocky wash and then a narrower canyon past a bridge, a 4.0-mile out-and-back; one hiking guide instead put the round trip at 3.5 miles with 375 feet of elevation change. Neither figure applies while the closure is in effect.

When to go

Before the closure, flow ran year-round and was strongest after winter rain. There is no confirmed reopening date beyond the county's December 31, 2027 closure end date.

On site

The base and top of the falls are off-limits under the closure. A hiker was rescued after a roughly 90-foot fall from a cliff near the falls.

History and name

The canyon may take its name from Judge Benjamin Eaton, who built the Fair Oaks Ranch House in 1865, though the naming itself is not documented.

Nearby

Maidenhair Falls, Leontine Falls, Grand Chasm Falls and Thalahaha Falls are each about 1.1 miles away.

Distances are straight-line.