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Nevada Fall vs Upper Yellowstone Falls

Two waterfalls in our directory, side by side. Same data we use on the individual pages — height, access, what we know, what we don't.

Nevada Fall, a waterfall in California

California

Nevada Fall

Nevada Fall is a waterfall in Mariposa County, California. It drops roughly 594 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.

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Upper Yellowstone Falls, a waterfall in Wyoming

Wyoming

Upper Yellowstone Falls

Upper Yellowstone Falls is a waterfall in Park County, Wyoming. It drops roughly 108 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.

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SpecNevada FallUpper Yellowstone Falls
StateCaliforniaWyoming
Height594 ft108 ft
Type
WatercourseMerced RiverYellowstone Falls consist of two major waterfalls on the Yellowstone River
ParkYosemite National ParkYellowstone National Park
CountyMariposaPark
Elevation1815 m2296 m
Nearest cityYosemite Valley (3 mi)Mammoth (20 mi)
Dogs allowedNoNo

About Nevada Fall

Nevada Fall is a 594-foot-high (181 m) waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California. It is located below the granite dome, Liberty Cap, at the west end of Little Yosemite Valley. The waterfall is widely recognized by its "bent" shape, in which the water free-falls for roughly the first third of its length to a steep slick-rock slope. This mid-fall impact of the water on the cliff face creates a turbulent, whitewater appearance in the fall and produces a great deal of mist which covers a wide radius, which led to its current name.

About Upper Yellowstone Falls

Yellowstone Falls consist of two major waterfalls on the Yellowstone River, within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States. As the Yellowstone river flows north from Yellowstone Lake, it leaves the Hayden Valley and plunges first over Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River and then one-quarter mile (400 m) downstream over Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, at which point it then enters the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, which is up to 1,000 feet (300 m) deep.

Where they are

Dashed line shows the straight-line distance (673 mi). Actual drive time depends on the route — neither pin is the parking lot, so use a map app for turn-by-turn.

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