Minnehaha Falls
Minnesota · 52-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Minnehaha Falls is light today (23 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
23.2 cfs
MINNEHAHA CREEK AT HIAWATHA · 1h ago
Overnight
65°F
Mostly Clear
Sunday
87°F
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:27 AM · Sunset 8:56 PM · 15h 29m
Snapshot built 9m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS MPX.
Minnehaha Falls is a waterfall in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It drops roughly 52 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.
Minnehaha Park is a city park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and home to Minnehaha Falls and the lower reaches of Minnehaha Creek. Officially named Minnehaha Regional Park, it is part of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board system and lies within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park Service. The park was designed by landscape architect Horace W.S. Cleveland in 1883 as part of the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway system, and was part of the popular steamboat Upper Mississippi River "Fashionable Tour" in the 1800s.
Is the water flowing right now?
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 05289800 · 0.1 mi away
MINNEHAHA CREEK AT HIAWATHA AVE. IN MINNEAPOLIS,MN
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 95.1 cfs · 26% of last year — significantly drier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnehaha Falls (this page) | — | 52 ft | — | — | — |
| Hidden Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Shadow Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Saint Anthony Falls | 5 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls | 6 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Phalen Regional Park Waterfall | 9 mi | — | — | — | — |
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Questions visitors ask about Minnehaha Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How tall is Minnehaha Falls?
Minnehaha Falls is 52 feet (16 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Minnehaha Falls from a major city?
Minnehaha Falls is 4 miles from Lilydale (about 6 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
44.9153, -93.2110
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnehaha_Park_(Minneapolis)
Wikidata (Q23891460)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23891460
GeoNames (5037665)
https://www.geonames.org/5037665/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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