Waterfall Hikes in California (CA)
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California is home to 181 waterfall hikes, ranging from drive_up walks to unknown adventures. With 5 national parks and diverse landscapes, you'll find cascading waters in pristine wilderness areas and See water falls near major California cities .
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Waterfall Hike in California
California
Difficulty: Hard
Trail Length: 13.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 1600 ft
California
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Ash Creek Falls
28.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 4.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Basin Falls
43.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Bassi Falls
42.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.2 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 4.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 800 ft
Bear Creek Falls
24.4 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Berry Creek Falls
31.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Hard
Trail Length: 10.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 2 ft
California
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.7 miles
Elevation Gain: 100 ft
Black Rock Falls
43.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Blue Canyon Falls
34.4 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Hard
Trail Length: 4.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 800 ft
California
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Bonita Falls
14.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Bridalveil Fall
35 miles away
Bunnell Cascade
35.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 7.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 1 ft
Burney Falls
36.7 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 100 ft
Burnt Ranch Falls
45.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Butano Falls
30.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 4.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
California Falls
51.6 miles away
Camino Falls
63 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Canyon Creek Falls
48.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Hard
Trail Length: 16.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 2 ft
Carrizo Falls
26.5 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Carson Falls
30 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.6 miles
Elevation Gain: 800 ft
Cascade Falls
17.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Castle Rock Falls
23.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.2 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Cataract Falls
42 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.6 miles
Elevation Gain: 750 ft
California
Difficulty: Hard
Trail Length: 6.6 miles
Elevation Gain: 1000 ft
Chagoopa Falls
69.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Hard
Trail Length: 30.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 6 ft
Chilnualna Fall
33.1 miles away
Chinquapin Falls
51.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Cholollo Falls
69.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Clover Creek Falls
27.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Codfish Falls
19.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 3.1 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Coquette Falls
52.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Corlieu Falls
64.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Crystal Creek Falls
24 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Curtain Falls
18.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 4.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
California
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Dawn Falls
38.5 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.7 miles
Elevation Gain: 400 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 4.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 600 ft
California
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Eagle Falls
68 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 400 ft
Ella Falls
34.5 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Faery Falls
36.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Feather Falls
19.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 8.2 miles
Elevation Gain: 1 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Finnegan Falls
51.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
First Falls
37.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Fiver Finger Falls
42.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Foresta Falls
50.4 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.2 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Fossil Falls
38.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Frazier Falls
49 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 50 ft
Garlic Falls
29.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Hard
Trail Length: 10.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 2 ft
Golden Falls
31.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 400 ft
Gray Falls
46.4 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Green Valley Falls
51 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Green Valley Falls
20.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 100 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Haraszthy Falls
11.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Hidden Falls
21.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Hidden Falls
31.4 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 4.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Hidden Heart Falls
50 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Horsetail Falls
34.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 4.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 800 ft
Horsetail Falls
65.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 600 ft
Horsetail Falls
34 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 600 ft
Horsetail Falls
28 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 600 ft
Huntington Falls
13.5 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Illilouette Falls
31.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 4.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 600 ft
California
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.3 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Ishi Pishi Falls
55.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Drive Up
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Islay Falls
28.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 5.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Jackson Falls
61 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 400 ft
California
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Johnson Creek Falls
54.5 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Kent Falls
41.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Kickapoo Waterfall
48.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.3 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Kinner Falls
26.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Le Conte Falls
51.4 miles away
Leavitt Falls
64.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Lehamite Falls
29.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
California
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Lion Slide Falls
22.5 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Little Nellie Falls
48.1 miles away
Llewellyn Falls
25.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 6.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 600 ft
California
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
California
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.2 miles
Elevation Gain: 100 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Lower Falls
32.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 50 ft
Lower Rainbow Falls
25.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Lower Yosemite Fall
31.2 miles away
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 6.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 900 ft
California
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Maple Falls
40.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 7.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 800 ft
Maple Falls
44.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 7.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 800 ft
Marble Falls
49.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 7.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 1 ft
McWay Falls
48.7 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.6 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Middle Falls
33 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
California
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Mill Creek Falls
55.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.8 miles
Elevation Gain: 600 ft
Mill Creek Falls
21.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.8 miles
Elevation Gain: 600 ft
Minaret Falls
27.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Mist Falls
41.4 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 8.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 800 ft
Monkeyface Falls
36.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Montgomery Creek Falls
8.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Mossbrae Falls
38.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 1.2 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Nevada Fall
29.8 miles away
Nojoqui Falls
43 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.65 miles
Elevation Gain: 100 ft
Pepperwood Falls
22.7 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Pfeiffer Falls
35.4 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Pine Falls
46.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Pit River Falls
20.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 1.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Ponytail Falls
27.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.8 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Potem Falls
12.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Preston Falls
35.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 8.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 800 ft
Pywiack Cascade
24.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Rainbow Falls
13.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.1 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Rainbow Falls
26.4 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 5.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Rancheria Falls
24.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Red Rock Falls
64.5 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Red Rock Falls
37.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Ribbon Fall
34.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Roaring River Falls
39.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.3 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Rose Valley Falls
69.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.8 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Royal Arch Cascade
30.5 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Drive Up
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Salmon Creek Falls
59.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 0.3 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Salmon Falls (historical)
39.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
San Antonio Falls
19.5 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Sardine Falls
18.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Sawyier Falls
37.7 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Second Falls
36.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Sentinel Fall
32.5 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Drive Up
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Silver Apron
37.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 1 ft
Silver Falls
66.7 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Silver Falls
31.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Silver Spray Falls
33.7 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 4.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 800 ft
Silver Strand Falls
36.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Drive Up
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Silverwood Falls
41 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Sisquoc Falls
58.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Hard
Trail Length: 20.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Young Falls
47.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Yosemite Falls
37.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Hard
Trail Length: 7.2 miles
Elevation Gain: 2700 ft
Wolfskill Falls
27.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Wilderness Falls
18.7 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 400 ft
Wildcat Falls
50.7 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Whitney Falls
53.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
White Cascade
52.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 11.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 800 ft
Whisky Falls
14.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Whiskeytown Falls
25.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 700 ft
Wellhouse Falls
26.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Waterwheel Falls
51.3 miles away
Washtub Falls
44.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Wapama Falls
64.4 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Volcano Falls
35.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Vernal Fall
30.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 1 ft
Upper Yosemite Falls
31 miles away
Upper Falls
43.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Upper Falls
32.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Twin Falls
1.6 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Tuolumne Falls
52.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 5.2 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Tufa Falls
38.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
Tueeulala Falls
64 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 5.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Triple Falls
57.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 4.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 800 ft
Triple Falls
60.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Tokopah Falls
50.7 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 4.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
Three Troughs Falls
11.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 ft
The Punch Bowl
60.8 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 7.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 1 ft
The Falls
60.2 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
The Falls
44.3 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
The Cascades
50.7 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Easy
Trail Length: 1.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 200 ft
Tehan Falls
31 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 900 ft
California
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 350 ft
Sturtevant Falls
36.9 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 3.25 miles
Elevation Gain: 400 ft
Staircase Falls
31.1 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Unknown
Trail Length: 0.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 0 ft
South Creek Falls
64.7 miles awayCalifornia
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Length: 2.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
