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This is a '''list of waterfalls in California''', ordered by county. <!-- The U.S. Geological Survey lists ? named waterfalls in the state. --> {{Horizontal TOC}}

==Northern California==

===Alameda County=== *Murrietta Falls – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Alpine County=== *Llewellyn Falls – {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Wolf Creek Falls – {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Amador County=== *Moore Creek Falls

===Calaveras County=== *North Fork Stanislaus River Falls (Portage 24 Falls)

===Butte County=== thumb|right|Feather Falls *Phantom Falls (Coal Canyon Falls) – {{convert|164|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Feather Falls – {{convert|410|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Frenchy's Falls

===El Dorado County=== thumb|right|Horsetail Falls *Bassi Falls – {{convert|109|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Bridal Veil Falls (Esmeralda Falls) – {{convert|81|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Eagle Falls – {{convert|160|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Glen Alpine Falls (Big Falls) – {{convert|73|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Horsetail Falls – {{convert|500|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Modjeska Falls (Upper Glen Alpine Falls) – {{convert|51|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Pyramid Creek Cascades (Lower Horsetail Falls) – {{convert|75|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Traverse Creek Falls

Cascade falls missing

===Humboldt County=== *Baldwin Falls – {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Gold Dust Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}

=== Lake County ===

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

===Mendocino County=== *Dora Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Chamberlain Creek Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Russian Gulch Falls – {{convert|36|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Modoc County=== *Mill Creek Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} +

===Napa County=== *Zim Zim Falls – {{convert|105|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Nevada County=== *Bowman Lake Falls (Sawmill Falls, Canyon Creek Falls) – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Placer County=== *Devils Falls – {{convert|65|ft|m|abbr=on}} *East Snow Mountain Falls – {{convert|2200|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Grouse Falls – {{convert|504|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Heath Falls – {{convert|65|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Hidden Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}} *New York Canyon Falls – {{convert|462|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Petroglyph Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Wabena Falls – {{convert|65|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Plumas County=== *Chambers Creek Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Fern Falls – {{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Frazier Falls – {{convert|178|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Halsey Falls (Hawlsey Falls) – {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Indian Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Little Jamieson Falls – {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Shasta County=== thumb|right|Burney Falls thumb|right|Pit River Falls *Burney Falls – {{convert|129|ft|m|abbr=on}} *McCloud River Falls (Falls of the McCloud River) – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Kings Creek Falls – {{convert|46|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Pit River Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Potem Falls – {{convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on}} *The Cascades (Kings Creek) – {{convert|198|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Whiskeytown Falls – {{convert|180|ft|m|abbr=on}} +

===Siskiyou County=== *Ash Creek Falls *Coquette Falls *Hedge Creek Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Ishi Pishi Falls *Mossbrae Falls *Mud Creek Falls (Konwakiton Falls) *Whitney Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Tehama County=== *Battle Creek Falls – {{convert|16|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Bluff Falls – {{convert|47|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Deer Creek Falls – {{convert|18|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Mill Creek Falls – {{convert|75|ft|m|abbr=on}}

==Central California==

===Contra Costa County=== *Mount Diablo Falls

===Fresno County=== thumb|right|Grizzly Falls *Big Creek Falls (Kerckhoff Cascade, The Cascada) *Crystal Veil Falls *Dinkey Creek Falls – {{convert|400|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Garlic Falls – {{convert|820|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Grizzly Falls – {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Minnow Creek Falls – {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Mist Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Purple Lake Falls – {{convert|300|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Redwood Creek Falls – {{convert|300|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Roaring River Falls – {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Royce Falls (Royce Lake Falls) – {{convert|750|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Silver Pass Falls – {{convert|475|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Silver Spray Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Slissate Falls – {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Stevenson Creek Falls – {{convert|1200|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Tenmile Creek Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Triple Falls – {{convert|550|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Inyo County=== *Darwin Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Portal Falls (Whitney Portal Falls, Lone Pine Creek Falls) – {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}} +

===Madera County=== *Angel Falls *Camino Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Chiquito Creek Falls – {{convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Corlieu Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Jackass Falls – {{convert|160|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Nydiver Falls *Rainbow Falls – {{convert|101|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Reconnaissance Creek Falls (37.4291727, -119.2599054) {{convert|900|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Hidden Falls – {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Marin County=== *Alamere Falls – {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Cascade Falls *Cataract Falls *Dawn Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Mariposa County=== thumb|right|Vernal and Nevada Falls thumb|right|Upper Yosemite Fall {{see also|List of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park}} *Bridalveil Fall – {{convert|620|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Chain Cascade (Cascade Cliffs) – {{convert|1150|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Chilnualna Falls – {{convert|690|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Fissure Falls – {{convert|400|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Horsetail Fall – {{convert|2130|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Illilouette Fall – {{convert|370|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Lehamite Falls – {{convert|1180|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Nevada Fall – {{convert|594|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Pywiack Cascade – {{convert|600|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Quaking Aspen Falls – {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Ribbon Fall – {{convert|1612|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Royal Arch Cascade – {{convert|1250|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Sentinel Fall – {{convert|1920|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Silver Strand Falls – {{convert|574|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Snow Creek Falls – {{convert|2140|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Staircase Falls – {{convert|1300|ft|m|abbr=on}} *The Cascades (Cascade Falls) – {{convert|750|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Three Chute Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Vernal Fall – {{convert|317|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Widow's Tears – (37.70554, -119.66552) {{convert|1170|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Wildcat Falls – {{convert|720|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Yosemite Falls – {{convert|2425|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Mono County=== *Aspen Falls *Big Bend Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Ellery Lake Falls *Gem Lake Falls *Leavitt Falls – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Lee Vining Falls *Minaret Falls – {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Rush Creek Falls (Horsetail Falls) – {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Sardine Falls

===Monterey County=== thumb|right|McWay Falls *Limekiln Falls – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}} *McWay Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Salmon Creek Falls – {{convert|120|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===San Mateo County=== *Elliot Creek Falls *Peters Creek Falls *Pomponio Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Tip Toe Falls – {{convert|6|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Santa Clara County=== thumb|right|Berry Creek Falls *Basin Falls – {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Black Rock Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Granuja Falls *Triple Falls – {{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Uvas Falls

===Santa Cruz County=== *Berry Creek Falls – {{convert|65|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Castle Rock Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Golden Cascade *Silver Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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

===Tuolumne County=== thumb|right|Wapama Falls *California Falls – {{convert|120|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Clavey Falls *Le Conte Falls – {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Niagara Creek Falls – {{convert|730|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Piute Falls *Rancheria Falls *Tueeulala Falls – {{convert|880|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Tuolumne Falls – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Wapama Falls – {{convert|1080|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Waterwheel Falls – {{convert|360|ft|m|abbr=on}} *White Cascade – (37.90817, -119.41939) {{convert|75|ft|m|abbr=on}}

==Southern California==

===Kern County=== *Spear Creek Falls (Poso Creek Falls)

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

===Orange County=== *Black Star Canyon Falls – {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Falls Canyon Falls – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Holy Jim Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Laurel Canyon Falls – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Riverside County=== thumb|right|Tenaja Falls thumb|right|Tahquitz Falls *Ortega Falls – {{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on}} *San Juan Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Tahquitz Falls – {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Tenaja Falls – {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===San Bernardino County=== *Big Falls – {{convert|500|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Bonita Falls (Bonita Canyon Falls) – {{convert|230|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Etiwanda Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Frustration Creek Falls – {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Monkeyface Falls – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Sapphire Falls

===San Diego County=== *Adobe Falls *Cedar Creek Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Kitchen Creek Falls – {{convert|120|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Three Sisters Falls (Devils Punchbowl) - {{convert|160|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Mildred Falls - {{convert|350|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Maidenhair Falls - {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===San Luis Obispo County=== *Big Falls – {{convert|135|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Nacimiento Falls – {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Santa Barbara County=== thumb|right|Nojoqui Falls *Mission Falls *Nojoqui Falls – {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Rattlesnake Falls *San Ysidro Falls *Seven Falls *Sisquoc Falls – {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Tangerine Falls (West Fork Cold Springs Falls) – {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}

===Ventura County=== *La Jolla Canyon Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Matilija Falls – {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}} + *Paradise Falls (Wildwood Falls) – {{convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Piru Creek Falls – {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Rose Valley Falls – {{convert|300|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Santa Paula Canyon Falls (The Punchbowl) – {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Santa Ynez Falls *Solstice Canyon Falls – {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}} *Tar Creek Falls (Emerald Falls) – {{convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on}} +

==Tallest waterfalls== {|class="wikitable" border="1" |- !colspan="4"|Tallest waterfalls in California<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/country/United-States/California/tallest|title=List of Waterfalls in California, United States|publisher=World Waterfall Database|accessdate=2020-08-23}}</ref> |- !Rank !Name !Height !Location |- |1 |Yosemite Falls |{{convert|2425|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |- |2 |East Snow Mountain Falls |{{convert|2200|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Eldorado National Forest |- |3 |Sentinel Fall |{{convert|1920|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |- |4 |Widow's Tears |{{convert|1680|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |- |5 |Ribbon Fall |{{convert|1612|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |- |6= |Horsetail Fall |{{convert|1400|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |- |6= |Columbia Cascade |{{convert|1400|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |- |8 |Wapama Falls |{{convert|1310|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |- |9 |Staircase Falls |{{convert|1300|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |- |10 |Royal Arch Cascade |{{convert|1250|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |- |11= |Tokopah Falls |{{convert|1200|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Sequoia National Park |- |11= |Chagoopa Falls |{{convert|1200|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Sequoia National Park |- |11= |Stevenson Creek Falls |{{convert|1200|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Sierra National Forest |- |14 |Lehamite Falls |{{convert|1180|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |- |15 |Chain Cascade (Cascade Cliffs) |{{convert|1150|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |- |16 |Reconnaissance Creek Falls |{{convert|900|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Sierra National Forest |- |17 |Tueeulala Falls |{{convert|880|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |- |18 |Garlic Falls |{{convert|800|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Sierra National Forest |- |19 |Horsetail Falls |{{convert|791|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Eldorado National Forest |- |20 |The Cascades (Cascade Falls) |{{convert|750|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Yosemite National Park |}

==See also== *List of waterfalls *List of waterfalls of the United States

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/region/United-States/California/ All waterfalls in California] – World Waterfall Database

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