A structured directory of US waterfalls

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

The structured directory of 5,574 US waterfalls across 50 states. We treat them as data — so you can ask: which dog-friendly, drive-by waterfalls are within 90 minutes of me?

507 under live monitoring · 34 at peak flow · 49 going dry today · 48 closed

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Codfish Falls

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

Over 500 feet tall

height_ft > 500

41 matches

Sulphide Creek FallsWashington · 3,937 ft
East Snow Mountain FallsCalifornia · 2,200 ft
Horsetail FallCalifornia · 2,133 ft
Snow Creek FallsCalifornia · 2,133 ft

Inside a National Park

park_type == "national_park"

421 matches

Bridalveil FallCalifornia · 620 ft
Illilouette FallCalifornia · 370 ft
Lower Yosemite FallCalifornia · 320 ft
Nevada FallCalifornia · 594 ft

Trail tagged in OSM + has a photo

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

313 matches

Bridalveil FallCalifornia · 620 ft
Illilouette FallCalifornia · 370 ft
Lower Yosemite FallCalifornia · 320 ft
Nevada FallCalifornia · 594 ft

5,574 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.

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

Right now across the dataset

507 waterfalls under live monitoring

USGS streamflow, NOAA forecasts, NPS alerts, and wildfire proximity refreshed every 3 days. Last update: 2026-07-22.

at peak flow

Ribbon Falls — 9,570 cfs
Cumberland Falls — 1,990 cfs
Eagle Creek Falls — 1,990 cfs

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High Falls — 1,760 cfs
Bridal Veil Falls — 1,040 cfs
Cornelius Falls — 1,040 cfs
Great Falls — 981 cfs
Lower Falls — 642 cfs
Middle Falls — 642 cfs
Widows Falls — 642 cfs
Perrine Coulee Falls — 471 cfs
Pillar Falls — 471 cfs
Canes Creek Cascades;Cane Creek Falls — 329 cfs
Coon Creek Falls — 329 cfs
Fall Creek Falls — 329 cfs
Piney Creek Falls — 329 cfs
Virgin Falls — 329 cfs
McGalliard Falls — 317 cfs
Blackwater Falls — 239 cfs
Elakala Falls — 239 cfs
Ozone Falls — 210 cfs
Lower Carp Falls — 164 cfs
Morgan Falls — 164 cfs
Cline Falls — 127 cfs
Linville Falls — 124 cfs
Rainbow Falls — 120 cfs
Toxaway Falls — 120 cfs
Windy Falls — 120 cfs
Crabtree Falls — 106 cfs
Roaring Fork Falls — 106 cfs
Hemlock Falls — 91 cfs
Noccalula Falls — 73 cfs
Havasu Falls — 70 cfs
Tropic Ditch Falls — 55 cfs

going dry today

Apikuni Falls — 177 cfs (bottom 0%)
Dawn Mist Falls — 177 cfs (bottom 0%)
Drury Falls — 212 cfs (bottom 0%)

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Eden Falls — 38.6 cfs (bottom 0%)
Elowah Falls — 53.9 cfs (bottom 0%)
Feather Plume Falls — 177 cfs (bottom 0%)
Grinnell Falls — 177 cfs (bottom 0%)
Grizzly Falls — 1.6 cfs (bottom 0%)
Hindostan Falls — 4,090 cfs (bottom 0%)
Ipasha Falls — 177 cfs (bottom 0%)
Koosah Falls — 168 cfs (bottom 0%)
Lower Cataract Falls — 18.3 cfs (bottom 0%)
Morning Eagle Falls — 177 cfs (bottom 0%)
Palouse Falls — 48.4 cfs (bottom 0%)
Piegan Falls — 177 cfs (bottom 0%)
Ptarmigan Falls — 177 cfs (bottom 0%)
Rainbow Falls — 1,060 cfs (bottom 0%)
Ramona Falls — 3.6 cfs (bottom 0%)
Sahalie Falls — 168 cfs (bottom 0%)
Tamanawas Falls — 19.8 cfs (bottom 0%)
Tamolitch Falls — 5.3 cfs (bottom 0%)
Tokopah Falls — 1.6 cfs (bottom 0%)
Tumalo Falls — 13.1 cfs (bottom 0%)
Turner Falls — 8.8 cfs (bottom 0%)
Upper Cataract Falls — 18.3 cfs (bottom 0%)
Wahclella Falls — 53.9 cfs (bottom 0%)
Wequiock Falls — 254 cfs (bottom 0%)
Yocum Falls — 3.6 cfs (bottom 0%)
Chush Falls — 8 cfs (bottom 3%)
Hard Scrabble Falls — 0.4 cfs (bottom 3%)
Minnehaha Falls — 24.8 cfs (bottom 3%)
Upper Chush Falls — 8 cfs (bottom 3%)
Depot Creek Falls — 274 cfs (bottom 7%)
Louis Creek Falls — 94.1 cfs (bottom 7%)
Manabezho Falls — 20.1 cfs (bottom 7%)
Manido Falls — 20.1 cfs (bottom 7%)
Mazama Falls — 585 cfs (bottom 7%)
Nawadaha Falls — 20.1 cfs (bottom 7%)
Nooksack Falls — 585 cfs (bottom 7%)
Stepping Stone Falls — 14.1 cfs (bottom 7%)
Berdeen Falls — 535 cfs (bottom 14%)
Green Lake Falls — 535 cfs (bottom 14%)
Rainbow Falls — 535 cfs (bottom 14%)
Sulphide Creek Falls — 535 cfs (bottom 14%)
Upson Falls — 5.5 cfs (bottom 17%)
Johnson Shut-Ins — 4.7 cfs (bottom 21%)
Mina Sauk Falls — 4.7 cfs (bottom 21%)
Bond Falls — 114 cfs (bottom 23%)
McCormick's Creek Waterfall — 1,650 cfs (bottom 23%)

under NPS closure alerts

Annie Falls — East Rim Drive is CLOSED from Park Headquarters to Phantom Ship Overlook
Bannock Falls — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
Bechler Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion

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Berdeen Falls — Campfire Ban in All Portions of the Park Complex Begins June 29
Blue Canyon Falls — Middle Fork Road Closed During Repairs to Past Storm Damage
Calypso Cascades — Wild Basin Road Will Be Closed for Road Maintenance July 21 - July 23
Cascades of the Firehole — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Chagoopa Falls — Middle Fork Road Closed During Repairs to Past Storm Damage
Chasm Falls — Wild Basin Road Will Be Closed for Road Maintenance July 21 - July 23
Cleft Falls — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
Columbine Cascade — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
Crystal Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Depot Creek Falls — Campfire Ban in All Portions of the Park Complex Begins June 29
Duwee Falls — East Rim Drive is CLOSED from Park Headquarters to Phantom Ship Overlook
Fairy Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Firehole Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Gibbon Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Green Lake Falls — Campfire Ban in All Portions of the Park Complex Begins June 29
Hidden Falls — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
Iris Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Kepler Cascades — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Lewis Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Lower Yellowstone Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Marymere Falls — Mora Road Closed for Essential Repairs
Meigs Falls — Park Headquarters Road is closed
Mist Falls — Middle Fork Road Closed During Repairs to Past Storm Damage
Moose Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Mystic Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Plaikni Falls — East Rim Drive is CLOSED from Park Headquarters to Phantom Ship Overlook
Ribbon Cascade — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
Roaring River Falls — Middle Fork Road Closed During Repairs to Past Storm Damage
Rustic Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Shoshoko Falls — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
Silver Cord Cascade — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Silver Spray Falls — Middle Fork Road Closed During Repairs to Past Storm Damage
Sol Duc Falls — Mora Road Closed for Essential Repairs
Sulphide Creek Falls — Campfire Ban in All Portions of the Park Complex Begins June 29
Terraced Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Tokopah Falls — Middle Fork Road Closed During Repairs to Past Storm Damage
Tom Branch Falls — Park Headquarters Road is closed
Tower Fall — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Triple Falls — Middle Fork Road Closed During Repairs to Past Storm Damage
Undine Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Union Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Upper Yellowstone Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Virginia Cascades — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Wilderness Falls — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
Wraith Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion

with AQI > 100 (unhealthy for sensitive groups). Check the per-fall page before driving.

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.

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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.