Fukuroda Waterfall (Fukuroda-no-taki [袋田の滝])

The Fukuroda Waterfall was a grand waterfall consisting of multiple layers on the Takigawa while sporting reported dimensions of a cumulative height of 120m and a width of about 73m…

Pearsony Falls and “Rogue Falls”

Pearsony Falls (I’ve also seen it spelled Pearsoney Falls) was kind of our last waterfalling throw-in after having visited the nearby duo of Mill Creek Falls and Barr Creek Falls. In fact, if it…

Duwee Falls

Duwee Falls was said to be Crater Lake National Park’s largest officially-named waterfall (the other two named falls in the park were Vidae Falls and Plaikni Falls; the latter we didn’t have time…

Natural Bridge on the Rogue River

The Natural Bridge on the Rogue River was something we stumbled upon while making the long drive from Medford to Crater Lake National Park. We certainly didn’t anticipate visiting this quirk…

Mill Creek Falls and Barr Creek Falls

With Mill Creek Falls and Barr Creek Falls, we were able to get a rare two-for-one waterfalling experience where both waterfalls were within a stone’s throw from each other yet each were quite…

Toketee Falls

Toketee Falls completely disarmed my parents and I when we first laid eyes on it. Even though it was modestly-sized at a reported cumulative height of 120ft (where the mostly hidden upper drop fell…

Diamond Creek Falls

Diamond Creek Falls was another one of those waterfalls that I had to wait years for after the first opportunity to see it in August 2009 resulted in disappointment stemming from a trail closure…

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…

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…

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…

Whisky Falls (Whiskey Falls)

Whisky Falls (I’ve also seen it spelled Whiskey Falls) was one of those waterfalls that we thought would be a breeze to visit because it didn’t require any hiking to see. Yet for one reason or another

Sardine Falls

Sardine Falls (also called Sardine Creek Falls) involved a little bit of an adventure for my Mom and I given that we had to get our feet wet in icy cold water while doing a little bit of route…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…