List of waterfalls of 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

Humboldt County

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

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)
Falls of the McCloud River (McCloud River Falls) – 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
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)

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

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

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)

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) +

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Tenaja Falls

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