Whisky Falls, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement   |name = Whisky Falls |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type =Unincorporated community |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map =California#USA |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption =Location in California |pushpin_image=California Locator Map with US.PNG  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name =United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = California |subdivision_type2 =County |subdivision_name2 = Madera County |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = | |established_title =  |established_date = |coordinates = {{coord|37|17|13|N|119|26|21|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis>{{gnis|1660163}}</ref> |elevation_m =1802 |elevation_ft =5912 |footnotes = }} '''Whisky Falls''' (formerly, '''Whiskey Falls''') is an unincorporated area of Madera County, California.<ref name=gnis /> It is located {{convert|4.5|mi|km|1}} south of Shuteye Peak,<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|845}}</ref> at an elevation of 5,912 feet (1802 m).<ref name=gnis />

In the early 1900s, author Stewart Edward White built a cabin on Peckinpah Mountain near the old mill near Whiskey Falls, and wrote about the experience in ''The Cabin''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grady |first=Grace |date=January 7, 2005 |title=The Cabin near Whiskey Falls |work=Sierra Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-the-cabin-near-whiskey-fa/136029771/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 2019, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott took a tour of an illegal marijuana farm in Whiskey Falls, in the Sierra National Forest.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDaniel |first=Piper |date=September 12, 2019 |title=Illegal cannabis farms still scarring public lands |work=Santa Maria Times |agency=Tribune News Service |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-maria-times-illegal-cannabis-farms/136029991/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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Category:Unincorporated communities in California Category:Unincorporated communities in Madera County, California