Fallspots

A structured directory of US waterfalls

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

The structured directory of 5,574 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?

501 under live monitoring · 21 at peak flow · 48 going dry today · 50 closed

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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

5,574 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

501 waterfalls under live monitoring

USGS streamflow, NOAA forecasts, NPS alerts, and wildfire proximity refreshed every 3 days. Last update: 2026-06-04.

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at peak flow

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going dry today

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under NPS closure alerts

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  • Bannock Falls — Construction in the south end of the park
  • Beaver Chief Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Spring Status
  • Bechler Falls — Temporary Closure of Some Trails, Backcountry Campsites, and Fishing Areas
  • Berdeen Falls — Road Closures - State Route 20 and Cascade River Road
  • Bird Woman Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Spring Status
  • Blue Canyon Falls — A Few Small Roads Closed Due to Roadway Damage and/or Repair Work
  • Carter Falls — SR 165 Carbon River/Fairfax Bridge is closed: no access to Carbon River or Mowich Lake.
  • Cascades of the Firehole — Temporary Closure of Some Trails, Backcountry Campsites, and Fishing Areas
  • Chagoopa Falls — A Few Small Roads Closed Due to Roadway Damage and/or Repair Work
  • Chasm Falls — Update on Transponders
  • Chenuis Falls — SR 165 Carbon River/Fairfax Bridge is closed: no access to Carbon River or Mowich Lake.
  • Christine Falls — SR 165 Carbon River/Fairfax Bridge is closed: no access to Carbon River or Mowich Lake.
  • Cleft Falls — Construction in the south end of the park
  • Columbine Cascade — Construction in the south end of the park
  • Comet Falls — SR 165 Carbon River/Fairfax Bridge is closed: no access to Carbon River or Mowich Lake.
  • Crystal Falls — Temporary Closure of Some Trails, Backcountry Campsites, and Fishing Areas
  • Dawn Mist Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Spring Status
  • Depot Creek Falls — Road Closures - State Route 20 and Cascade River Road
  • Duwee Falls — East Rim Drive is currently CLOSED
  • Fairy Falls — SR 165 Carbon River/Fairfax Bridge is closed: no access to Carbon River or Mowich Lake.
  • Fairy Falls — Temporary Closure of Some Trails, Backcountry Campsites, and Fishing Areas
  • Feather Plume Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Spring Status
  • Feather Woman Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Spring Status
  • Firehole Falls — Temporary Closure of Some Trails, Backcountry Campsites, and Fishing Areas
  • Giant Falls — SR 165 Carbon River/Fairfax Bridge is closed: no access to Carbon River or Mowich Lake.
  • Gibbon Falls — Temporary Closure of Some Trails, Backcountry Campsites, and Fishing Areas
  • Green Lake Falls — Road Closures - State Route 20 and Cascade River Road
  • Grinnell Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Spring Status
  • Hidden Falls — Construction in the south end of the park
  • Ipasha Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Spring Status
  • Iris Falls — Temporary Closure of Some Trails, Backcountry Campsites, and Fishing Areas
  • Kautz Creek Falls — SR 165 Carbon River/Fairfax Bridge is closed: no access to Carbon River or Mowich Lake.
  • Kepler Cascades — Temporary Closure of Some Trails, Backcountry Campsites, and Fishing Areas
  • Lewis Falls — Temporary Closure of Some Trails, Backcountry Campsites, and Fishing Areas
  • Lower Yellowstone Falls — Temporary Closure of Some Trails, Backcountry Campsites, and Fishing Areas
  • Marymere Falls — Hurricane Hill Road Closed Mon-Thurs Through June 30
  • Meigs Falls — Elkmont/Sugarlands Dump Station is temporarily closed
  • Mist Falls — A Few Small Roads Closed Due to Roadway Damage and/or Repair Work
  • Monument Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Spring Status
  • Moose Falls — Temporary Closure of Some Trails, Backcountry Campsites, and Fishing Areas
  • Morning Eagle Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Spring Status
  • Myrtle Falls — SR 165 Carbon River/Fairfax Bridge is closed: no access to Carbon River or Mowich Lake.
  • Mystic Falls — Temporary Closure of Some Trails, Backcountry Campsites, and Fishing Areas
  • Narada Falls — SR 165 Carbon River/Fairfax Bridge is closed: no access to Carbon River or Mowich Lake.
  • Oberlin Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Spring Status
  • Pearl Falls — SR 165 Carbon River/Fairfax Bridge is closed: no access to Carbon River or Mowich Lake.
  • Piegan Falls — Going-to-the-Sun Road Spring Status

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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