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 · 25 at peak flow · 45 going dry today · 50 closed

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Photo of the day · 2026-10-25

Diamond Notch Falls

New York · 15 ft

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Queries no other waterfall site can answer

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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: 2026-10-25.

at peak flow

Ribbon Falls — 13,400 cfs
Rainbow Falls — 4,250 cfs
Treasure Falls — 4,200 cfs

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High Falls — 817 cfs
Mesa Falls — 585 cfs
Bechler Falls — 565 cfs
Iris Falls — 565 cfs
Lewis Falls — 387 cfs
Moose Falls — 387 cfs
Terraced Falls — 387 cfs
Union Falls — 387 cfs
Jemez Falls — 264 cfs
Cascades of the Firehole — 237 cfs
Firehole Falls — 237 cfs
Bridal Veil Falls — 211 cfs
Tower Fall — 170 cfs
Toketee Falls — 91 cfs
Tropic Ditch Falls — 85 cfs
Gibbon Falls — 76 cfs
Havasu Falls — 70 cfs
Hampton Falls — 55 cfs
Palouse Falls — 54 cfs
Fairy Falls — 53 cfs
Kepler Cascades — 53 cfs
Mystic Falls — 53 cfs

going dry today

Akaiyan Falls — 506 cfs (bottom 0%)
Anna Ruby Falls — 38.9 cfs (bottom 0%)
Apikuni Falls — 25.4 cfs (bottom 0%)

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Bald River Falls — 51.5 cfs (bottom 0%)
Beaver Chief Falls — 506 cfs (bottom 0%)
Bird Woman Falls — 25.4 cfs (bottom 0%)
Canes Creek Cascades;Cane Creek Falls — 18.2 cfs (bottom 0%)
Coon Creek Falls — 18.2 cfs (bottom 0%)
Cumberland Falls — 215 cfs (bottom 0%)
Dawn Mist Falls — 25.4 cfs (bottom 0%)
Eagle Creek Falls — 215 cfs (bottom 0%)
Eternal Flame Falls — 5.7 cfs (bottom 0%)
Fall Creek Falls — 18.2 cfs (bottom 0%)
Feather Plume Falls — 25.4 cfs (bottom 0%)
Feather Woman Falls — 506 cfs (bottom 0%)
Grinnell Falls — 25.4 cfs (bottom 0%)
High Falls — 44.5 cfs (bottom 0%)
Hindostan Falls — 915 cfs (bottom 0%)
Homewood Falls — 1,200 cfs (bottom 0%)
Horse Trough Falls — 38.9 cfs (bottom 0%)
Ipasha Falls — 25.4 cfs (bottom 0%)
Meigs Falls — 48.7 cfs (bottom 0%)
Monument Falls — 25.4 cfs (bottom 0%)
Morning Eagle Falls — 25.4 cfs (bottom 0%)
Oberlin Falls — 25.4 cfs (bottom 0%)
Piegan Falls — 25.4 cfs (bottom 0%)
Piney Creek Falls — 18.2 cfs (bottom 0%)
Ptarmigan Falls — 25.4 cfs (bottom 0%)
Virgin Falls — 18.2 cfs (bottom 0%)
Codfish Falls — 6 cfs (bottom 3%)
Mingo Falls — 146 cfs (bottom 3%)
Moxie Falls — 722 cfs (bottom 3%)
Columbine Cascade — 266 cfs (bottom 7%)
McCormick's Creek Waterfall — 798 cfs (bottom 7%)
Wilderness Falls — 266 cfs (bottom 7%)
Hemlock Falls — 48.5 cfs (bottom 10%)
Buttermilk Falls — 260 cfs (bottom 13%)
Noccalula Falls — 32.5 cfs (bottom 17%)
Seven Falls — 2.7 cfs (bottom 17%)
Amicalola Falls — 52.9 cfs (bottom 20%)
Great Falls — 450 cfs (bottom 20%)
Helton Creek Falls — 51.9 cfs (bottom 20%)
Ozone Falls — 8.7 cfs (bottom 20%)
Isaqueena Falls — 171 cfs (bottom 23%)
Linville Falls — 78.2 cfs (bottom 23%)

under NPS closure alerts

Akaiyan Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Annie Falls — Cleetwood Cove Trail is CLOSED for Rehabilitation
Apikuni Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure

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Bannock Falls — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
Beaver Chief Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Bechler Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Berdeen Falls — Hozomeen Gate Remains Closed
Bird Woman Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Blue Canyon Falls — Some Trails Closed in the Grant Grove Area Due to Prescribed Burn Activity
Calypso Cascades — Trail Ridge Road Status Update
Cascades of the Firehole — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Chagoopa Falls — Some Trails Closed in the Grant Grove Area Due to Prescribed Burn Activity
Chasm Falls — Trail Ridge Road Status Update
Cleft Falls — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
Columbine Cascade — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
Crystal Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Darwin Falls — Some Roads Closed due to Flood Damage
Dawn Mist Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Depot Creek Falls — Hozomeen Gate Remains Closed
Duwee Falls — Cleetwood Cove Trail is CLOSED for Rehabilitation
Fairy Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Feather Plume Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Feather Woman Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Firehole Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Gibbon Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Green Lake Falls — Hozomeen Gate Remains Closed
Grinnell Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Hidden Falls — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
Ipasha Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal 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 — Cherokee Orchard Road closed to pedestrian traffic
Mist Falls — Some Trails Closed in the Grant Grove Area Due to Prescribed Burn Activity
Monument Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Moose Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Morning Eagle Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Mystic Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Oberlin Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Piegan Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Plaikni Falls — Cleetwood Cove Trail is CLOSED for Rehabilitation
Ptarmigan Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
R3 - Keyhole Falls - Bolted Rappel Anchor: 10 ft. — Watchman Trail closed
Redrock Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure
Ribbon Cascade — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure
Ribbon Falls — North Rim Temporarily Closed South of Entrance Station due to Weather
Roaring River Falls — Some Trails Closed in the Grant Grove Area Due to Prescribed Burn Activity
Rustic Falls — Biscuit Basin Closed Due to Hydrothermal Explosion
Shoshoko Falls — Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure

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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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.