40 waterfalls within 100 miles
Waterfalls near San Diego, CA
Documented falls within 100 miles of downtown San Diego, sorted by straight-line distance. Drive times will be higher — mountain roads rarely follow great-circle paths.
Adobe Falls
4 mi
height not recorded
Lower Adobe Falls
4 mi
height not recorded
Africa Rocks Waterfall
5 mi
height not recorded
Los Penasquitos Waterfall
8 mi
height not recorded
Cedar Creek Falls
26 mi
height not recorded · Cleveland National Forest
El Salto Falls
27 mi
height not recorded
Three Sisters Waterfalls
28 mi
height not recorded
Mildred Falls
28 mi
height not recorded · Cleveland National Forest
Washtub Falls
32 mi
height not recorded
Green Valley Falls
33 mi
height not recorded · Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
The Falls
35 mi
height not recorded
Kitchen Creek Falls
39 mi
height not recorded
Gavilan Mountain Waterfall
44 mi
height not recorded
Maidenhair Falls
50 mi
height not recorded
Tenaja Falls
53 mi
height not recorded
Dry Falls
57 mi
height not recorded · Anza-Borrego Desert State Wilderness
Ortega Falls
59 mi
35 ft
Lion Canyon Falls
59 mi
height not recorded
Canyon Falls
64 mi
height not recorded
Holly Jim Falls
65 mi
height not recorded
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