Tokopah Falls
California · height not recorded · Sequoia National Park · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Tokopah Falls is light today (2 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume. The park has an active closure alert: "Some Trails Closed in the Grant Grove Area Due to Prescribed Burn Activity."
Right now
Streamflow
2.33 cfs
MARBLE FORK KAWEAH R · 24m ago
Overnight
32°F
Clear
Sunday
46°F
Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:10 AM · Sunset 6:06 PM · 10h 56m
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Snapshot built 6m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS HNX.
Tokopah Falls is a waterfall in Tulare 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.
Tokopah Falls sits in Tulare County, California. It drops along The falls are formed as the Marble Fork. The falls are inside Sequoia National Park, a US National Park. The base sits at roughly 7,347 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 22 minutes from Three Rivers. A trail — Tokopah Falls Trail — runs within 70 meters of the marked location. 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.
Tokopah Falls, also known as Tokopah Valley Falls, is a 1,200-foot (370 m) cascading waterfall in Sequoia National Park, California. The falls are formed as the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River slides down a huge granite headwall of the glacial Tokopah Valley. Although the falls flow powerfully during the snow melt of late spring and early summer, it is usually a trickle by autumn, occasionally drying up completely during poor snow years.
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 11206820 · 0.4 mi away
MARBLE FORK KAWEAH R AB HORSE C NR LODGEPOLE CA
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30-day streamflow
Above 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 6.6 cfs · 22% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokopah Falls (this page) | — | — | — | N | — |
| Upper Buck Creek Falls | 4 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Lower Buck Creek Falls | 4 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Panther Creek Falls | 5 mi | 154 ft | — | N | — |
| Marble Falls | 7 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Tamarack Falls | 8 mi | 52 ft | — | N | — |
Questions visitors ask about Tokopah Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
Is Tokopah Falls in a national or state park?
Yes — Tokopah Falls is inside Sequoia National Park. See the park page for fees, hours, and current conditions.
Can I bring my dog to Tokopah Falls?
No — dogs are not allowed on trails here. Most National Park trails prohibit pets to protect wildlife. Service animals are an exception per ADA.
How far is Tokopah Falls from a major city?
Tokopah Falls is 16 miles from Three Rivers (about 22 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
36.6110, -118.6941
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokopah_Falls
Wikidata (Q23950171)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23950171
GeoNames (5402822)
https://www.geonames.org/5402822/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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