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Nobe Young Falls

Sequoia National Forest / Ponderosa, California, USA

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Nobe Young Falls was once the secret treasure of the Sequoia National Forest.

Now that the secret is out, it’s no longer surprising to find other folks enjoying this rather obscure waterfall though that still doesn’t mean you can’t have the falls to yourself if you avoid the weekends or come in the morning.

Nobe_Young_Falls_014_05292005 - Looking across Nobe Young Falls in the late afternoon while scrambling up to its large alcove
Looking across Nobe Young Falls in the late afternoon while scrambling up to its large alcove

What made this waterfall obscure was that there were neither signposts nor obvious hints of its presence (at least for each time I’ve been here).

We only knew about this place because our Ann Marie Brown book clued us in on the approximate location of the falls.

And even with her hints, we still had to do our own bit of investigating to figure out how to access it once we made it to the approximate location.

Scrambling to the elusive Nobe Young Falls

Once we figured out where to park the car (see directions below), we followed a trail briefly paralleling Hwy 190 (Western Divide Highway) until the trail forked and went past an old fire pit.

Nobe_Young_Falls_002_05292005 - Mom going around what looked like an old fire pot (that Julie and I had also seen back in 2002) with some gathered firewood as we tried to figure out how to reach Nobe Young Falls
Mom going around what looked like an old fire pot (that Julie and I had also seen back in 2002) with some gathered firewood as we tried to figure out how to reach Nobe Young Falls

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