DeSoto Falls
Alabama · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
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DeSoto Falls is a waterfall in DeKalb County, Alabama. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
DeSoto Falls sits in DeKalb County, Alabama. It drops along West Fork. The base sits at roughly 1,640 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 1 minutes from Mentone. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 30 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
DeSoto Falls is a 104-foot (32 m) waterfall located on the West Fork of the Little River near Mentone, Alabama, United States, in DeSoto State Park. The falls have carved their own small canyon. They are named after Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.
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Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 02398950 · 3.8 mi away
WEST FORK LITTLE R AT DESOTO PARK NR FORT PAYNE AL
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Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeSoto Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Little Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Indian Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Azalea Cascade | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lodge Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Laurel Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about DeSoto Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is DeSoto Falls from a major city?
DeSoto Falls is 1 miles from Mentone (about 1 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
34.5488, -85.5907
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_Falls_(Alabama)
Wikidata (Q38622)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38622
GeoNames (4058468)
https://www.geonames.org/4058468/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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