Subregion: Northern California
Stony Creek Falls (Middle Fork Falls)
Stony Creek Falls (also known as the Middle Fork Falls) had to have been one of the more remote waterfalls that we’ve done. In fact, if it’s solitude and that true sense of getting away from it all…
Kings Creek Falls
Kings Creek Falls was another one of Lassen Volcanic National Park’s well-known waterfalls that was quite popular amongst park visitors. Perhaps the signature feature about this falls was…
Webber Falls
Webber Falls seemed to be a somewhat little known waterfall on the Little Truckee River north of Lake Tahoe. Although it had a two main plunges (an upper one of a reported 25ft tall and a more…
Modjeska Falls (Upper Glen Alpine Falls)
Modjeska Falls (also known as Upper Glen Alpine Falls) was the other main waterfall on Glen Alpine Creek, which drained into the scenic Fallen Leaf Lake. While this 50ft waterfall wasn’t anything…
Glen Alpine Falls
Glen Alpine Falls was definitely one of the big waterfall surprises of our trip to South Lake Tahoe. We didn’t have much expectations for it, especially since my Mom and I had been pretty waterfall…
Lower Eagle Falls
Lower Eagle Falls was the big two-tiered waterfall that kept us wanting more no matter how we were able to experience it from the various options that were available to us. From the brink of the…
Upper Eagle Falls
Upper Eagle Falls was sort of a means to an end. What I mean by this is that although we merely used the waterfall itself as a destination, we noticed that most other people who hiked here really…
Cascade Falls
Cascade Falls was one of a handful of scenic waterfalls draining towards the Emerald Bay vicinity of southwestern Lake Tahoe. The wide, sliding cascade was said to be 200ft tall, and we were able…
Bassi Falls
To us, Bassi Falls was kind of a smaller but far more accessible and fun version of the Horsetail Falls near South Lake Tahoe. We didn’t have much expectations of this waterfall when we set out to…
Bridal Veil Falls
Bridal Veil Falls was basically a drive-to waterfall with a chance to stretch out the legs while making the high-speed yet twisty drive along Hwy 50 between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe. In fact…
Horsetail Falls
Horsetail Falls was definitely one of the main waterfall attractions in the Lake Tahoe vicinity as it was said to have a cumulative drop of a whopping 800ft amidst a granite wilderness that was…
Frazier Falls
Frazier Falls (also known as Frazier Creek Falls) was a very impressively tall waterfall as according to a sign here, it was said to be 176ft in height (or 248ft in total if you include the…
Mill Creek Falls
Mill Creek Falls was kind of our waterfalling excuse to visit Lassen Volcanic National Park. Although it wasn’t the only waterfall in the reserve, it was at low enough elevation that we were able…
Mud Creek Falls and Croquette Falls
Mud Creek Falls as well as the neighboring Croquette Falls were pretty much the only waterfalls that we witnessed on the slopes of the impressive Mount Shasta. While we were aware of Whitney Falls…
Burney Falls
Burney Falls was hands down the most spectacular waterfall we encountered on our trips to the far north of California. Not only did this waterfall have fairly impressive dimensions at 132ft…
Hatchet Creek Falls (Lions Slide Falls)
Hatchet Creek Falls (also known as Lions Slide Falls) was one of those waterfalls that we really had to earn with a few scrapes along with bumps and bruises thanks to a fairly uncomfortable scramble..
Potem Falls
As you can see from the photo above, Potem Falls could have easily been its own major waterfall attraction complete with picnic area, parking lot, signs, and the like. After all, it featured an…
McCloud Falls (Lower, Middle, Upper)
What we’re referring to as McCloud Falls was really a series of three major waterfalls on the McCloud River – Lower Falls, Middle Falls, and Upper Falls. The Lower Falls was really more of a wide…
Hedge Creek Falls
Hedge Creek Falls was the other main waterfall attraction in Dunsmuir. Unlike the more tense Mossbrae Falls experience, this was quite literally a short walk in the park leading to a pleasant…
Mossbrae Falls
Mossbrae Falls had to have been one of our more unique waterfalling experiences in almost every sense of the word. Not only was the waterfall itself different (as you can see from the photo at the…