Fallspots

A structured directory of US waterfalls

Where the falls are. What they're like. Whether they're worth it.

The structured directory of 5,573 US waterfalls across 50 states. AllTrails treats waterfalls as the end of a hike. World of Waterfalls treats them as a story. We treat them as data — so you can actually ask: which dog-friendly, drive-by waterfalls are within 90 minutes of me?

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Queries no other waterfall site can answer

Structured beats prose

Every field on every waterfall page is queryable. Three live examples from our dataset.

Over 500 feet tall

height_ft > 500

44 matches

Inside a National Park

park_type == "national_park"

421 matches

Trail tagged in OSM + has a photo

trail_evidence.has_nearby_trail == true AND images.length > 0

313 matches

5,573 waterfalls indexed across 50 states, cross-referenced between OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS. The top 500 by popularity get live USGS streamflow + NOAA forecast + air quality + sunrise/sunset on every page, refreshed every 6 hours.

Photograph of Rainbow Falls

Photo of the day · 2026-05-19

Rainbow Falls

Montana · 47-foot drop

Photo: Wikimedia Commons (see image page for full attribution) · source

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Every named waterfall in our dataset. Zoom in until clusters break apart, then click a pin for the page.

What we track per waterfall

Most of the web treats this list as prose. We treat it as fields — eighteen of them, grouped so the page can answer real questions instead of trying to be everything at once.

The drop

  • Height from multiple sources
  • Discrepancies flagged when they disagree
  • Type (plunge / horsetail / tiered)
  • Number of drops

Location

  • Coordinates and elevation
  • Containing park or wilderness
  • Nearest city + drive time
  • Watercourse it sits on

Access

  • Trail distance and Class 1–5 difficulty
  • Elevation gain in feet
  • Dog policy, kid age, wheelchair
  • Parking, restrooms, fees

Conditions

  • Best months for flow and crowding
  • Swimmable (with explicit reason if not)
  • Known fatalities + specific warnings
  • Live USGS streamflow + NOAA forecast

Plus: external links to Wikidata QID, GeoNames ID, Wikipedia, and the official park page.

Recent guides

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Long-form pieces on finding, photographing, and not dying at waterfalls.

Side-by-side

Comparisons between famous waterfalls. Same data we use on each page, laid out side-by-side so you can decide which is worth your weekend.

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All 50 states. Sorted by waterfall count.