List of waterfalls in California facts for kids

This is a list of waterfalls in California, ordered by county.

Northern California

Alameda County

• Murrietta Falls – 100 ft (30 m)

Alpine County

• Llewellyn Falls – 25 ft (7.6 m)
• Wolf Creek Falls – 40 ft (12 m)

Amador County

• Moore Creek Falls

Calaveras County

• North Fork Stanislaus River Falls (Portage 24 Falls)

Butte County

Feather Falls

• Phantom Falls (Coal Canyon Falls) – 164 ft (50 m)
• Feather Falls – 410 ft (120 m) +
• Frenchy's Falls

El Dorado County

Horsetail Falls

• Bassi Falls – 109 ft (33 m)
• Bridal Veil Falls (Esmeralda Falls) – 81 ft (25 m)
• Eagle Falls – 160 ft (49 m)
• Glen Alpine Falls (Big Falls) – 73 ft (22 m)
• Horsetail Falls – 500 ft (150 m) +
• Modjeska Falls (Upper Glen Alpine Falls) – 51 ft (16 m)
• Pyramid Creek Cascades (Lower Horsetail Falls) – 75 ft (23 m)
• Traverse Creek Falls

Cascade falls missing

Humboldt County

• Baldwin Falls – 25 ft (7.6 m)
• Gold Dust Falls – 80 ft (24 m)

Lake County

• The "Jams" Rapid Falls 30 ft (9.1m)

Mendocino County

• Dora Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
• Chamberlain Creek Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
• Russian Gulch Falls – 36 ft (11 m)

Modoc County

• Mill Creek Falls – 50 ft (15 m) +

Napa County

• Zim Zim Falls – 105 ft (32 m)

Nevada County

• Bowman Lake Falls (Sawmill Falls, Canyon Creek Falls) – 80 ft (24 m)

Placer County

• Devils Falls – 65 ft (20 m)
• East Snow Mountain Falls – 2,200 ft (670 m) +
• Grouse Falls – 504 ft (154 m)
• Heath Falls – 65 ft (20 m) +
• Hidden Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
• New York Canyon Falls – 462 ft (141 m) +
• Petroglyph Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
• Wabena Falls – 65 ft (20 m)

Plumas County

• Chambers Creek Falls – 200 ft (61 m)
• Fern Falls – 35 ft (11 m)
• Frazier Falls – 178 ft (54 m)
• Halsey Falls (Hawlsey Falls) – 20 ft (6.1 m)
• Indian Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
• Little Jamieson Falls – 40 ft (12 m)

Shasta County

Burney Falls

Pit River Falls

• Burney Falls – 129 ft (39 m)
• McCloud River Falls (Falls of the McCloud River) – 80 ft (24 m) +
• Kings Creek Falls – 46 ft (14 m)
• Pit River Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
• Potem Falls – 70 ft (21 m)
• The Cascades (Kings Creek) – 198 ft (60 m)
• Whiskeytown Falls – 180 ft (55 m) +

Siskiyou County

• Ash Creek Falls
• Coquette Falls
• Hedge Creek Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
• Ishi Pishi Falls
• Mossbrae Falls
• Mud Creek Falls (Konwakiton Falls)
• Whitney Falls – 200 ft (61 m)

Tehama County

• Battle Creek Falls – 16 ft (4.9 m)
• Bluff Falls – 47 ft (14 m)
• Deer Creek Falls – 18 ft (5.5 m)
• Mill Creek Falls – 75 ft (23 m)

Central California

Contra Costa County

• Mount Diablo Falls

Fresno County

Grizzly Falls

• Big Creek Falls (Kerckhoff Cascade, The Cascada)
• Crystal Veil Falls
• Dinkey Creek Falls – 400 ft (120 m) +
• Garlic Falls – 820 ft (250 m)
• Grizzly Falls – 150 ft (46 m)
• Minnow Creek Falls – 250 ft (76 m)
• Mist Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
• Purple Lake Falls – 300 ft (91 m) +
• Redwood Creek Falls – 300 ft (91 m) +
• Roaring River Falls – 40 ft (12 m)
• Royce Falls (Royce Lake Falls) – 750 ft (230 m) +
• Silver Pass Falls – 475 ft (145 m)
• Silver Spray Falls – 200 ft (61 m) +
• Slissate Falls – 250 ft (76 m)
• Stevenson Creek Falls – 1,200 ft (370 m)
• Tenmile Creek Falls – 200 ft (61 m)
• Triple Falls – 550 ft (170 m)

Inyo County

• Darwin Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
• Portal Falls (Whitney Portal Falls, Lone Pine Creek Falls) – 150 ft (46 m) +

Madera County

• Angel Falls
• Camino Falls – 200 ft (61 m)
• Chiquito Creek Falls – 70 ft (21 m)
• Corlieu Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
• Jackass Falls – 160 ft (49 m)
• Nydiver Falls
• Rainbow Falls – 101 ft (31 m)
• Reconnaissance Creek Falls – 900 ft (270 m)
• Hidden Falls – 40 ft (12 m)

Marin County

• Alamere Falls – 60 ft (18 m) +
• Cascade Falls
• Cataract Falls
• Dawn Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)

Mariposa County

Vernal and Nevada Falls

Upper Yosemite Fall

• Bridalveil Fall – 620 ft (190 m)
• Chain Cascade (Cascade Cliffs) – 1,150 ft (350 m)
• Chilnualna Falls – 690 ft (210 m)
• Fissure Falls – 400 ft (120 m) +
• Horsetail Fall – 2,130 ft (650 m)
• Illilouette Fall – 370 ft (110 m)
• Lehamite Falls – 1,180 ft (360 m)
• Nevada Fall – 594 ft (181 m)
• Pywiack Cascade – 600 ft (180 m)
• Quaking Aspen Falls – 25 ft (7.6 m)
• Ribbon Fall – 1,612 ft (491 m)
• Royal Arch Cascade – 1,250 ft (380 m)
• Sentinel Fall – 1,920 ft (590 m)
• Silver Strand Falls – 574 ft (175 m)
• Snow Creek Falls – 2,140 ft (650 m)
• Staircase Falls – 1,300 ft (400 m)
• The Cascades (Cascade Falls) – 750 ft (230 m)
• Three Chute Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
• Vernal Fall – 317 ft (97 m)
• Widow's Tears – 1,170 ft (360 m)
• Wildcat Falls – 720 ft (220 m)
• Yosemite Falls – 2,425 ft (739 m)

Mono County

• Aspen Falls
• Big Bend Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
• Ellery Lake Falls
• Gem Lake Falls
• Leavitt Falls – 200 ft (61 m)
• Lee Vining Falls
• Minaret Falls – 250 ft (76 m) +
• Rush Creek Falls (Horsetail Falls) – 200 ft (61 m) +
• Sardine Falls

Monterey County

McWay Falls

• Limekiln Falls – 100 ft (30 m)
• McWay Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
• Salmon Creek Falls – 120 ft (37 m)

San Mateo County

• Elliot Creek Falls
• Peters Creek Falls
• Pomponio Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
• Tip Toe Falls – 6 ft (1.8 m)

Santa Clara County

Berry Creek Falls

• Basin Falls – 20 ft (6.1 m)
• Black Rock Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
• Granuja Falls
• Triple Falls – 35 ft (11 m)
• Uvas Falls

Santa Cruz County

• Berry Creek Falls – 65 ft (20 m)
• Castle Rock Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
• Golden Cascade
• Silver Falls – 50 ft (15 m)

Tulare County

Tokopah Falls

• Black Wolf Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
• Broder Falls (Coyote Creek Falls) – 63 ft (19 m) +
• Brush Creek Falls
• Cascade Falls (Yucca Creek Falls) – 50 ft (15 m) +
• Chagoopa Falls – 1,200 ft (370 m)
• Crystal Creek Falls
• Franklin Falls
• Freeman Creek Falls – 150 ft (46 m)
• Marble Falls (Marble Fork Falls) – 600 ft (180 m)
• Middle Fork Tule River Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
• Panther Creek Falls
• Peppermint Creek Falls – 150 ft (46 m)
• Rock Creek Falls – 100 ft (30 m)
• Salmon Creek Falls – 450 ft (140 m) +
• South Creek Falls – 120 ft (37 m)
• South Fork Kaweah River Falls
• Sky Blue Lake Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
• Three-Falls-Below-The Gate (Mineral King Falls) – 200 ft (61 m)
• Tokopah Falls (Tokopah Valley Falls) – 1,200 ft (370 m)
• Tufa Falls – 450 ft (140 m) +
• Volcano Falls (Golden Trout Creek Falls)

Tuolumne County

Wapama Falls

• California Falls – 120 ft (37 m)
• Clavey Falls
• Le Conte Falls – 250 ft (76 m)
• Niagara Creek Falls – 730 ft (220 m)
• Piute Falls
• Rancheria Falls
• Tueeulala Falls – 880 ft (270 m)
• Tuolumne Falls – 100 ft (30 m)
• Wapama Falls – 1,080 ft (330 m)
• Waterwheel Falls – 360 ft (110 m)
• White Cascade – 75 ft (23 m)

Southern California

Kern County

• Spear Creek Falls (Poso Creek Falls)

Los Angeles County

Eaton Canyon Falls

• Bailey Canyon Falls – 20 ft (6.1 m)
• Eaton Canyon Falls – 40 ft (12 m)
• Escondido Falls – 200 ft (61 m)
• Falls Creek Falls – 200 ft (61 m)
• Fish Canyon Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
• Fox Creek Falls – 60 ft (18 m)
• Grand Chasm Falls (Rainbow Falls)
• Hermit Falls – 20 ft (6.1 m)
• Leontine Falls
• Lodged Boulder Falls
• Maidenhair Falls
• Millard Canyon Falls – 60 ft (18 m)
• Moss Grotto Falls
• Newton Canyon Falls
• Ribbon Rock Falls
• Roaring Rift Falls
• San Antonio Falls – 75 ft (23 m)
• Saucer Branch Falls (Punch Bowl)
• Sturtevant Falls – 60 ft (18 m)
• Switzer Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
• Thalehaha Falls (Bridal Veil Falls) – 80 ft (24 m)
• Trail Canyon Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
• Wolfskill Falls – 100 ft (30 m)
• Zuma Canyon Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)

Orange County

• Black Star Canyon Falls – 50 ft (15 m)
• Falls Canyon Falls – 30 ft (9.1 m)
• Holy Jim Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
• Laurel Canyon Falls – 100 ft (30 m)

Riverside County

Tenaja Falls

Tahquitz Falls

• Ortega Falls – 35 ft (11 m)
• San Juan Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
• Tahquitz Falls – 60 ft (18 m)
• Tenaja Falls – 150 ft (46 m)

San Bernardino County

• Big Falls – 500 ft (150 m)
• Bonita Falls (Bonita Canyon Falls) – 230 ft (70 m) +
• Etiwanda Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
• Frustration Creek Falls – 60 ft (18 m)
• Monkeyface Falls – 100 ft (30 m)
• Sapphire Falls

San Diego County

• Adobe Falls
• Cedar Creek Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
• Kitchen Creek Falls – 120 ft (37 m) +
• Three Sisters Falls (Devils Punchbowl) - 160 ft (49 m)
• Mildred Falls - 350 ft (110 m)
• Maidenhair Falls - 20 ft (6.1 m)

San Luis Obispo County

• Big Falls – 135 ft (41 m) +
• Nacimiento Falls – 20 ft (6.1 m)

Santa Barbara County

Nojoqui Falls

• Mission Falls
• Nojoqui Falls – 80 ft (24 m)
• Rattlesnake Falls
• San Ysidro Falls
• Seven Falls
• Sisquoc Falls – 250 ft (76 m)
• Tangerine Falls (West Fork Cold Springs Falls) – 100 ft (30 m)

Ventura County

• La Jolla Canyon Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
• Matilija Falls – 40 ft (12 m) +
• Paradise Falls (Wildwood Falls) – 70 ft (21 m)
• Piru Creek Falls – 15 ft (4.6 m)
• Rose Valley Falls – 300 ft (91 m)
• Santa Paula Canyon Falls (The Punchbowl) – 30 ft (9.1 m)
• Santa Ynez Falls
• Solstice Canyon Falls – 25 ft (7.6 m)
• Tar Creek Falls (Emerald Falls) – 70 ft (21 m) +

Tallest waterfalls

See also

• List of waterfalls
• List of waterfalls of the United States