Waterfall Hikes in Nevada (NV)
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Nevada's waterfalls form where Great Basin ranges and high-elevation systems such as the Spring and Ruby Mountains drop into arid basins, creating alpine cascades in glacial cirques, steep canyon runs and seasonal desert falls fed by snowmelt and springs. Hikes tend to be moderate—often remote backcountry routes and canyon scrambles with one easy and one very difficult option—and Nevada is distinctive for its abrupt desert-to-mountain transitions that concentrate waterfalls in isolated, ephemeral canyons. See waterfalls near major Nevada cities .
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Updated about 1 hour agoRanked by live stream-gauge flow versus each waterfall's seasonal normal.
- 1 Twenty Six Foot Drop Roaring · 177 cfs 92nd percentile
- 2 Jumbo Falls Moderate · 1 cfs 59th percentile
- 3 Big Falls Barely Flowing · 0 cfs 0th percentile
- 4 Little Falls Barely Flowing · 0 cfs 0th percentile
- 5 Mary Jane Falls Barely Flowing · 0 cfs 0th percentile
- 6 Water and Ice Falls Barely Flowing · 0 cfs 0th percentile
Best Waterfall Hikes in Nevada
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