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 · 33 at peak flow · 71 going dry today · 41 closed

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Mossbrae 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: 2026-09-10.

at peak flow

Wequiock Falls — 8,260 cfs
Shoshoko Falls — 5,050 cfs
Ladder Creek Falls — 4,280 cfs

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Rainbow Falls — 4,260 cfs
Akaiyan Falls — 2,030 cfs
Beaver Chief Falls — 2,030 cfs
Feather Woman Falls — 2,030 cfs
Double Falls — 1,690 cfs
Drake Falls — 1,690 cfs
Lower North Falls — 1,690 cfs
Lower South Falls — 1,690 cfs
Middle North Falls — 1,690 cfs
North Falls — 1,690 cfs
South Falls — 1,690 cfs
Twin Falls — 1,690 cfs
Upper North Falls — 1,690 cfs
Winter Falls — 1,690 cfs
Merriman Falls — 534 cfs
O Kun de Kun Falls — 513 cfs
Willamette Falls — 290 cfs
Apikuni Falls — 276 cfs
Bird Woman Falls — 276 cfs
Dawn Mist Falls — 276 cfs
Grinnell Falls — 276 cfs
Ipasha Falls — 276 cfs
Monument Falls — 276 cfs
Morning Eagle Falls — 276 cfs
Oberlin Falls — 276 cfs
Piegan Falls — 276 cfs
Ptarmigan Falls — 276 cfs
Cline Falls — 212 cfs
Bond Falls — 98 cfs
Hickory Nut Falls — 87 cfs

going dry today

Deception Falls — 183 cfs (bottom 0%)
Deer Falls — 183 cfs (bottom 0%)
Drury Falls — 98.4 cfs (bottom 0%)

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Gibbon Falls — 71.8 cfs (bottom 0%)
Grizzly Falls — 0.1 cfs (bottom 0%)
Harmony Falls — 591 cfs (bottom 0%)
Koosah Falls — 129 cfs (bottom 0%)
Louis Creek Falls — 36 cfs (bottom 0%)
Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall — 0 cfs (bottom 0%)
Marymere Falls — 238 cfs (bottom 0%)
Monkey Cage Falls — 183 cfs (bottom 0%)
Perrine Coulee Falls — 498 cfs (bottom 0%)
Pillar Falls — 498 cfs (bottom 0%)
Rampart Falls — 13.3 cfs (bottom 0%)
Roaring River Falls — 0.1 cfs (bottom 0%)
Sahalie Falls — 129 cfs (bottom 0%)
Spoon Creek Falls — 197 cfs (bottom 0%)
Sydney Falls — 30.6 cfs (bottom 0%)
Tamanawas Falls — 15.1 cfs (bottom 0%)
Tokopah Falls — 0.1 cfs (bottom 0%)
Berdeen Falls — 220 cfs (bottom 3%)
Chenuis Falls — 63.2 cfs (bottom 3%)
Crystal Falls — 2.6 cfs (bottom 3%)
Great Falls — 268 cfs (bottom 3%)
Great Falls — 484 cfs (bottom 3%)
Green Lake Falls — 220 cfs (bottom 3%)
Helen Hunt Falls — 1.2 cfs (bottom 3%)
Lower Yellowstone Falls — 2.6 cfs (bottom 3%)
Rainbow Falls — 228 cfs (bottom 3%)
Rainbow Falls — 220 cfs (bottom 3%)
Sulphide Creek Falls — 220 cfs (bottom 3%)
Upper Yellowstone Falls — 2.6 cfs (bottom 3%)
Virginia Cascades — 2.6 cfs (bottom 3%)
Dean's Ravine Falls — 8.4 cfs (bottom 4%)
Carter Falls — 304 cfs (bottom 7%)
Cascades of the Firehole — 189 cfs (bottom 7%)
Christine Falls — 304 cfs (bottom 7%)
Clear Creek Falls — 304 cfs (bottom 7%)
Comet Falls — 304 cfs (bottom 7%)
Depot Creek Falls — 113 cfs (bottom 7%)
Fairy Falls — 304 cfs (bottom 7%)
Falls Creek Falls — 193 cfs (bottom 7%)
Firehole Falls — 189 cfs (bottom 7%)
High Falls — 76.7 cfs (bottom 7%)
Mazama Falls — 198 cfs (bottom 7%)
Myrtle Falls — 304 cfs (bottom 7%)
Narada Falls — 304 cfs (bottom 7%)
Nooksack Falls — 198 cfs (bottom 7%)
Ruby Falls — 304 cfs (bottom 7%)
Twin Falls — 109 cfs (bottom 7%)

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 — Marblemount Bridge September Nighttime Closure
Calypso Cascades — A Fire Ban (Stage 2 Fire Restrictions) Are In Effect
Cascades of the Firehole — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Chasm Falls — A Fire Ban (Stage 2 Fire Restrictions) Are In Effect
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 — Marblemount Bridge September Nighttime Closure
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 — Marblemount Bridge September Nighttime Closure
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
Meigs Falls — Kuwohi Road and Observation Tower closed morning of 9/10/2026
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
R3 - Keyhole Falls - Bolted Rappel Anchor: 10 ft. — Watchman Trail Closed
Ribbon Cascade — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
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
Sulphide Creek Falls — Marblemount Bridge September Nighttime Closure
Terraced Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Tom Branch Falls — Kuwohi Road and Observation Tower closed morning of 9/10/2026
Tower Fall — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Tropic Ditch Falls — Trail Closures due to recent weather event
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.