Mossbrae Falls
California · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Today at Mossbrae Falls: clear, 62°F.
Right now
Overnight
62°F
Clear
Friday
89°F
Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:44 AM · Sunset 8:43 PM · 14h 58m
Snapshot built 7m ago. Sources: NWS MFR.
Mossbrae Falls is a waterfall in Siskiyou County, California. 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.
Mossbrae Falls sits in Siskiyou County, California. It drops along Mossbrae Falls is a waterfall flowing into the Sacramento River. The base sits at roughly 2,745 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 1 minutes from Dunsmuir. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 350 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Mossbrae Falls is a waterfall flowing into the Sacramento River, in the Shasta Cascade area in Dunsmuir, California, United States. The falls are located just south of the lower portion of Shasta Springs. Access to the falls is via a mile-long illegal hiking trail on the Union Pacific Railroad right of way; the City of Dunsmuir is seeking to finish a safe hiking trail that will include a bridge over the river.
When to go (from the climate data, not our opinion)
Monthly averages from Open-Meteo's reanalysis dataset (2020–2024). Highlighted months are when we think the waterfall is at its best — but the numbers are the numbers regardless.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip (in) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47 | 32 | 11.2 | 11.8 |
| Feb | 51 | 31 | 5.6 | 8.2 |
| Mar | 51 | 32 | 8.6 | 12.8 |
| Apr | 62 | 37 | 3.4 | 5.6 |
| May | 72 | 45 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Jun | 83 | 55 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 95 | 63 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Aug | 91 | 61 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Sep | 83 | 55 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 72 | 47 | 2.7 | 1 |
| Nov | 54 | 35 | 7 | 5.6 |
| Dec | 47 | 32 | 11.5 | 11.8 |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mossbrae Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hedge Creek Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Faery Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Root Creek Falls | 6 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Burstarse Falls | 7 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| Lewisia Falls | 10 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Mossbrae 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 Mossbrae Falls from a major city?
Mossbrae Falls is 1 miles from Dunsmuir (about 1 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
41.2420, -122.2664
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossbrae_Falls
Wikidata (Q14683421)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14683421
GeoNames (5568285)
https://www.geonames.org/5568285/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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