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	East Snow Mountain Falls	2,200 ft	Tahoe National Forest
2	Horsetail Fall	2,133 ft	Yosemite National Park
3	Snow Creek Falls	2,133 ft	Yosemite National Park
4	Sentinel Fall	1,936 ft	Yosemite National Park
5	Ribbon Fall	1,612 ft	Yosemite National Park
6	Upper Yosemite Fall	1,430 ft	Yosemite National Park
7	Wapama Falls	1,286 ft	Yosemite National Park
8	Royal Arch Cascade	1,247 ft	Yosemite National Park
9	Chagoopa Falls	1,201 ft	Sequoia National Park
10	Lehamite Falls	1,181 ft	Yosemite National Park
11	Staircase Falls	1,017 ft	Yosemite National Park
12	Tueeulala Falls	915 ft	Yosemite National Park
13	Horsetail Falls	791 ft	Desolation Wilderness
14	Chilnualna Fall	696 ft	Yosemite National Park
15	Middle Cascades	675 ft	Yosemite National Park
16	Wildcat Falls	623 ft	Yosemite National Park
17	Bridalveil Fall	620 ft	Yosemite National Park
18	Nevada Fall	594 ft	Yosemite National Park
19	Pywiack Cascade	591 ft	Yosemite National Park
20	Silver Strand Falls	574 ft	Yosemite National Park
21	Feather Falls	410 ft	Plumas National Forest
22	Illilouette Fall	370 ft	Yosemite National Park
23	Lower Yosemite Fall	320 ft	Yosemite National Park
24	Vernal Fall	318 ft	Yosemite National Park
25	Huntington Falls	246 ft	—

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