25 ranked entries

The tallest waterfall in California

Heights from Wikipedia, Wikidata, USGS, and OSM. We list them tallest first and skip entries where no source agrees on a number — better to have a short, honest list than a long fake one.

Rank	Name	Height	Park
1	Lower Yosemite Fall	2,425 ft	Yosemite National Park
2	Middle Cascades	2,425 ft	Yosemite National Park
3	Upper Yosemite Fall	2,425 ft	Yosemite National Park
4	East Snow Mountain Falls	2,200 ft	Tahoe National Forest
5	Horsetail Fall	2,133 ft	Yosemite National Park
6	Snow Creek Falls	2,133 ft	Yosemite National Park
7	Sentinel Fall	1,936 ft	Yosemite National Park
8	Ribbon Fall	1,612 ft	Yosemite National Park
9	Wapama Falls	1,286 ft	Yosemite National Park
10	Illilouette Fall	1,250 ft	Yosemite National Park
11	Royal Arch Cascade	1,247 ft	Yosemite National Park
12	Chagoopa Falls	1,201 ft	Sequoia National Park
13	Lehamite Falls	1,181 ft	Yosemite National Park
14	Staircase Falls	1,017 ft	Yosemite National Park
15	Tueeulala Falls	915 ft	Yosemite National Park
16	Horsetail Falls	791 ft	Desolation Wilderness
17	Chilnualna Fall	696 ft	Yosemite National Park
18	Wildcat Falls	623 ft	Yosemite National Park
19	Bridalveil Fall	620 ft	Yosemite National Park
20	Nevada Fall	594 ft	Yosemite National Park
21	Pywiack Cascade	591 ft	Yosemite National Park
22	Silver Strand Falls	574 ft	Yosemite National Park
23	Feather Falls	410 ft	Plumas National Forest
24	Vernal Fall	318 ft	Yosemite National Park
25	Huntington Falls	246 ft	—

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