Waterfalls in California
1,039 waterfalls in California across 49 counties, from the USGS dataset; 889 with a measured height. The tallest is Yosemite Falls at 2,425 ft. All US waterfalls.
State: California 47
- 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
Trinity County, California
57 fttotal height
- On Canyon Creek
- 15 mi from Weaverville
Location verified
Los Angeles County, California
55 fttotal height
- On Fox Creek
- 6 mi from La Crescenta-Montrose
El Dorado County, California
55 fttotal height
- On Johnstown Creek
- 7 mi from Placerville
Location verified
Tulare County, California
55 fttotal height
- On Long Meadow Creek
- 18 mi from Kernville
Yuba County, California
55 fttotal height
- On Deadwood Creek
- 10 mi from Challenge-Brownsville
Fresno County, California
55 fttotal height
- On Dinkey Creek
- 17 mi from Yokuts Valley
Mariposa County, California
55 fttotal height
- On Merced River
- 11 mi from Yosemite Valley
Location verified
Nevada County, California
55 fttotal height
- On Deer Creek
- 4 mi from Lake Wildwood
Location verified
Tulare County, California
55 fttotal height
- On South Fork Tule River
- 18 mi from East Porterville
El Dorado County, California
55 fttotal height
- On Bassi Fork Big Silver Creek
- 15 mi from Tahoma
Tuolumne County, California
55 fttotal height
- On Piute Creek
- 16 mi from Yosemite Valley
Location verified
Tulare County, California
52 fttotal height
- On Lone Pine Creek
- 21 mi from Three Rivers
El Dorado County, California
51 fttotal height
- 3 drops
- On Glen Alpine Creek
- 7 mi from South Lake Tahoe
Santa Clara County, California
50 fttotal height
- On Upper Penitencia Creek
- 2 mi from East Foothills
Tulare County, California
50 fttotal height
- On Monarch Creek
- 17 mi from Three Rivers
Location verified