List of waterfalls in California

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

Alameda County

 * Murrietta Falls – 100 ft

Alpine County

 * Llewellyn Falls – 25 ft
 * Wolf Creek Falls – 40 ft

Amador County

 * Moore Creek Falls

Calaveras County

 * North Fork Stanislaus River Falls (Portage 24 Falls)

Butte County

 * Phantom Falls (Coal Canyon Falls) – 164 ft
 * Feather Falls – 410 ft +
 * Frenchy's Falls

El Dorado County

 * Bassi Falls – 109 ft
 * Bridal Veil Falls (Esmeralda Falls) – 81 ft
 * Eagle Falls – 160 ft
 * Glen Alpine Falls (Big Falls) – 73 ft
 * Horsetail Falls – 500 ft +
 * Modjeska Falls (Upper Glen Alpine Falls) – 51 ft
 * Pyramid Creek Cascades (Lower Horsetail Falls) – 75 ft
 * Traverse Creek Falls

Cascade falls missing

Humboldt County

 * Baldwin Falls – 25 ft
 * Gold Dust Falls – 80 ft

Lake County

 * The "Jams" Rapid Falls 30 ft (9.1m)

Mendocino County

 * Dora Falls – 30 ft
 * Chamberlain Creek Falls – 30 ft
 * Russian Gulch Falls – 36 ft

Modoc County

 * Mill Creek Falls – 50 ft +

Napa County

 * Zim Zim Falls – 105 ft

Nevada County

 * Bowman Lake Falls (Sawmill Falls, Canyon Creek Falls) – 80 ft

Placer County

 * Devils Falls – 65 ft
 * East Snow Mountain Falls – 2200 ft +
 * Grouse Falls – 504 ft
 * Heath Falls – 65 ft +
 * Hidden Falls – 30 ft
 * New York Canyon Falls – 462 ft +
 * Petroglyph Falls – 80 ft
 * Wabena Falls – 65 ft

Plumas County

 * Chambers Creek Falls – 200 ft
 * Fern Falls – 35 ft
 * Frazier Falls – 178 ft
 * Halsey Falls (Hawlsey Falls) – 20 ft
 * Indian Falls – 15 ft
 * Little Jamieson Falls – 40 ft

Shasta County

 * Burney Falls – 129 ft
 * McCloud River Falls (Falls of the McCloud River) – 80 ft +
 * Kings Creek Falls – 46 ft
 * Pit River Falls – 50 ft
 * Potem Falls – 70 ft
 * The Cascades (Kings Creek) – 198 ft
 * Whiskeytown Falls – 180 ft +

Siskiyou County

 * Ash Creek Falls
 * Coquette Falls
 * Hedge Creek Falls – 30 ft
 * Ishi Pishi Falls
 * Mossbrae Falls
 * Mud Creek Falls (Konwakiton Falls)
 * Whitney Falls – 200 ft

Tehama County

 * Battle Creek Falls – 16 ft
 * Bluff Falls – 47 ft
 * Deer Creek Falls – 18 ft
 * Mill Creek Falls – 75 ft

Contra Costa County

 * Mount Diablo Falls

Fresno County

 * Big Creek Falls (Kerckhoff Cascade, The Cascada)
 * Crystal Veil Falls
 * Dinkey Creek Falls – 400 ft +
 * Garlic Falls – 820 ft
 * Grizzly Falls – 150 ft
 * Minnow Creek Falls – 250 ft
 * Mist Falls – 50 ft
 * Purple Lake Falls – 300 ft +
 * Redwood Creek Falls – 300 ft +
 * Roaring River Falls – 40 ft
 * Royce Falls (Royce Lake Falls) – 750 ft +
 * Silver Pass Falls – 475 ft
 * Silver Spray Falls – 200 ft +
 * Slissate Falls – 250 ft
 * Stevenson Creek Falls – 1200 ft
 * Tenmile Creek Falls – 200 ft
 * Triple Falls – 550 ft

Inyo County

 * Darwin Falls – 80 ft
 * Portal Falls (Whitney Portal Falls, Lone Pine Creek Falls) – 150 ft +

Madera County

 * Angel Falls
 * Camino Falls – 200 ft
 * Chiquito Creek Falls – 70 ft
 * Corlieu Falls – 80 ft
 * Jackass Falls – 160 ft
 * Nydiver Falls
 * Rainbow Falls – 101 ft
 * Reconnaissance Creek Falls – 900 ft
 * Hidden Falls – 40 ft

Marin County

 * Alamere Falls – 60 ft +
 * Cascade Falls
 * Cataract Falls
 * Dawn Falls – 30 ft

Mariposa County



 * Bridalveil Fall – 620 ft
 * Chain Cascade (Cascade Cliffs) – 1150 ft
 * Chilnualna Falls – 690 ft
 * Fissure Falls – 400 ft +
 * Horsetail Fall – 2130 ft
 * Illilouette Fall – 370 ft
 * Lehamite Falls – 1180 ft
 * Nevada Fall – 594 ft
 * Pywiack Cascade – 600 ft
 * Quaking Aspen Falls – 25 ft
 * Ribbon Fall – 1612 ft
 * Royal Arch Cascade – 1250 ft
 * Sentinel Fall – 1920 ft
 * Silver Strand Falls – 574 ft
 * Snow Creek Falls – 2140 ft
 * Staircase Falls – 1300 ft
 * The Cascades (Cascade Falls) – 750 ft
 * Three Chute Falls – 80 ft
 * Vernal Fall – 317 ft
 * Widow's Tears – 1170 ft
 * Wildcat Falls – 720 ft
 * Yosemite Falls – 2425 ft

Mono County

 * Aspen Falls
 * Big Bend Falls – 15 ft
 * Ellery Lake Falls
 * Gem Lake Falls
 * Leavitt Falls – 200 ft
 * Lee Vining Falls
 * Minaret Falls – 250 ft +
 * Rush Creek Falls (Horsetail Falls) – 200 ft +
 * Sardine Falls

Monterey County

 * Limekiln Falls – 100 ft
 * McWay Falls – 80 ft
 * Salmon Creek Falls – 120 ft

San Mateo County

 * Elliot Creek Falls
 * Peters Creek Falls
 * Pomponio Falls – 30 ft
 * Tip Toe Falls – 6 ft

Santa Clara County

 * Basin Falls – 20 ft
 * Black Rock Falls – 30 ft
 * Granuja Falls
 * Triple Falls – 35 ft
 * Uvas Falls

Santa Cruz County

 * Berry Creek Falls – 65 ft
 * Castle Rock Falls – 80 ft
 * Golden Cascade
 * Silver Falls – 50 ft

Tulare County

 * Black Wolf Falls – 50 ft
 * Broder Falls (Coyote Creek Falls) – 63 ft +
 * Brush Creek Falls
 * Cascade Falls (Yucca Creek Falls) – 50 ft +
 * Chagoopa Falls – 1200 ft
 * Crystal Creek Falls
 * Franklin Falls
 * Freeman Creek Falls – 150 ft
 * Marble Falls (Marble Fork Falls) – 600 ft
 * Middle Fork Tule River Falls – 50 ft
 * Panther Creek Falls
 * Peppermint Creek Falls – 150 ft
 * Rock Creek Falls – 100 ft
 * Salmon Creek Falls – 450 ft +
 * South Creek Falls – 120 ft
 * South Fork Kaweah River Falls
 * Sky Blue Lake Falls – 50 ft
 * Three-Falls-Below-The Gate (Mineral King Falls) – 200 ft
 * Tokopah Falls (Tokopah Valley Falls) – 1200 ft
 * Tufa Falls – 450 ft +
 * Volcano Falls (Golden Trout Creek Falls)

Tuolumne County

 * California Falls – 120 ft
 * Clavey Falls
 * Le Conte Falls – 250 ft
 * Niagara Creek Falls – 730 ft
 * Piute Falls
 * Rancheria Falls
 * Tueeulala Falls – 880 ft
 * Tuolumne Falls – 100 ft
 * Wapama Falls – 1080 ft
 * Waterwheel Falls – 360 ft
 * White Cascade – 75 ft

Kern County

 * Spear Creek Falls (Poso Creek Falls)

Los Angeles County

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

Orange County

 * Black Star Canyon Falls – 50 ft
 * Falls Canyon Falls – 30 ft
 * Holy Jim Falls – 15 ft
 * Laurel Canyon Falls – 100 ft

Riverside County

 * Ortega Falls – 35 ft
 * San Juan Falls – 15 ft
 * Tahquitz Falls – 60 ft
 * Tenaja Falls – 150 ft

San Bernardino County

 * Big Falls – 500 ft
 * Bonita Falls (Bonita Canyon Falls) – 230 ft +
 * Etiwanda Falls – 15 ft
 * Frustration Creek Falls – 60 ft
 * Monkeyface Falls – 100 ft
 * Sapphire Falls

San Diego County

 * Adobe Falls
 * Cedar Creek Falls – 80 ft
 * Kitchen Creek Falls – 120 ft +
 * Three Sisters Falls (Devils Punchbowl) - 160 ft
 * Mildred Falls - 350 ft
 * Maidenhair Falls - 20 ft

San Luis Obispo County

 * Big Falls – 135 ft +
 * Nacimiento Falls – 20 ft

Santa Barbara County

 * Mission Falls
 * Nojoqui Falls – 80 ft
 * Rattlesnake Falls
 * San Ysidro Falls
 * Seven Falls
 * Sisquoc Falls – 250 ft
 * Tangerine Falls (West Fork Cold Springs Falls) – 100 ft

Ventura County

 * La Jolla Canyon Falls – 15 ft
 * Matilija Falls – 40 ft +
 * Paradise Falls (Wildwood Falls) – 70 ft
 * Piru Creek Falls – 15 ft
 * Rose Valley Falls – 300 ft
 * Santa Paula Canyon Falls (The Punchbowl) – 30 ft
 * Santa Ynez Falls
 * Solstice Canyon Falls – 25 ft
 * Tar Creek Falls (Emerald Falls) – 70 ft +