Waterfalls of Western North America

by G. Donald Bain
Director, Geography Computing Facility
University of California at Berkeley
(dbain@socrates.berkeley.edu)


The Best Waterfalls in the West

This is my personal selection of the best waterfalls in Western North America and Hawaii.
(* means I haven't been able to photograph them yet.)


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Alberta
Athabasca Falls, Jasper National Park (80')
The Weeping Wall, Banff National Park (1000')
Arizona
Havasu Falls, inside the Grand Canyon (100')
Mooney Falls, just below Havasu (190')
British Columbia, Canada
Brandywine Falls, near Whistler (216')
*Chatterbox Falls, Princess Louisa Inlet (120')
Dawson Falls, Wells Gray Provincial Park (60')
*Della Falls, Strathcona Provincial Park (607' / 1443')
Emperor Falls, Mount Robson Provincial Park (?)
Falls of the Pool, Mount Robson Provincial Park (?)
Helmcken Falls, Wells Gray Provincial Park (463')
*Hunlen Falls, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park (853')
Kinuseo Falls, Monkman Provincial Park (226')
Shannon Falls, near Squamish (1099')
Spahats Creek Falls, near Wells Gray Provincial Park (185')
Takkakaw Falls, Yoho National Park (1016')
Wapta Falls, Yoho National Park (98')
White Falls, Mount Robson Provincial Park (?)
California
Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite Valley (620')
Burney Falls, MacArthur-Burney State Park (129')
Feather Falls, near Lake Oroville (640')
Illilouette Falls, Yosemite Valley (370')
Lower Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley (320')
McWay Falls, on the Big Sur coast (80')
Middle Falls, McCloud River (50')
Mist Falls, South Fork Kings River (45')
Mossbrae Falls, near Dunsmuir (50')
Nevada Falls, Yosemite Valley (594')
Rainbow Falls, at Devils Postpile (101')
Ribbon Falls, Yosemite Valley (1612')
Upper Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley (1430')
Vernal Falls, Yosemite Valley (317')
Wapama Falls, Hetch Hetchy Valley (c. 1000')
Waterwheel Falls, in the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne
Chihuahua, Mexico
*Baseachic Falls
Hawaii
Akaka Falls, Hawaii
Hanakoa Falls, Na Pali coast, Kauai
Hi'ilawe Falls, Waipio Valley, Hawaii (1100')
*Kahiwa Falls, pali coast of Molokai (1750')
Kahuna Falls, Hawaii
Pe'epe'e Falls and the Boiling Pots, near Hilo, Hawaii
Rainbow Falls, in the city of Hilo, Hawaii
Wailua Falls, Kauai (80')
Waimoku Falls, Oheo Gulch, Maui
Idaho
Shoshone Falls, on the Snake River (212')
Upper Mesa Falls, on the Henrys Fork of the Snake River
Northwest Territories, Canada
*Virginia Falls, Nahanni National Park (316')
Oregon
Elowah Falls, Columbia Gorge National Recreation Area (289')
Latourelle Falls, Columbia Gorge National Recreation Area
Multnomah Falls, Columbia Gorge National Recreation Area (542')
North Silver Falls, Silver Falls State Park
Salt Creek Falls, Willamette Pass (286')
South Silver Falls, Silver Falls State Park (177')
Watson Falls, near Crater Lake (272')
Washington
Clear Creek Falls, White Pass (300')
*Comet Falls, Mount Rainier National Park (320')
Narada Falls, Mount Rainier National Park
Palouse Falls, in the arid southeast corner (185')
Rainbow Falls, in the Stehekin Valley (312')
Snoqualmie Falls, just east of Seattle (268')
Spokane Falls, right in the city of Spokane (60')
Wallace Falls, North Cascades
Wyoming
Lower Yellowstone Falls
Tower Falls
Upper Yellowstone Falls

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