Visitor guideAlabama · Etowah
Noccalula Falls
A 90-foot waterfall on Black Creek, the centerpiece of a 500-acre family park in the Appalachian foothills.
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Visitor guideArizona · Coconino
Havasu Falls
A blue-green waterfall in Havasupai lands, reached only with authorized reservations and substantial preparation.
Visitor guideArkansas · Conway
Cedar Falls
A 95-foot waterfall at the bottom of Petit Jean State Park's Cedar Creek Canyon, reached by a well-known 2-mile round trip.
Visitor guideCalifornia · Mariposa
Bridalveil Fall
A windswept year-round waterfall near the western entrance to Yosemite Valley.
Visitor guideVisitor guideCalifornia · Mariposa
Yosemite Falls
A towering, seasonal waterfall system above Yosemite Valley, with a short walk to its lower drop.
Visitor guideColorado · San Miguel
Bridal Veil Falls
A high waterfall at the head of Telluride’s box canyon, below a historic power plant.
Visitor guideConnecticut · Lower Connecticut River Valley
Chapman Falls
A 60-foot stepped cascade over schist, the centerpiece of Devil's Hopyard State Park in East Haddam.
38.9334°, -77.1180°Mapped location · photo not yet sourced
Visitor guideDistrict of Columbia · District of Columbia
Little Falls
The lesser-known of the Potomac's two namesake falls, a stretch of rapids marking the river's fall line at the edge of Washington, D.C.
Visitor guideFlorida · Washington
Falling Water
Florida's tallest waterfall, a 73-foot drop into a deep sinkhole, seen from a boardwalk in a small state park near Chipley.
Visitor guideGeorgia · Dawson
Amicalola Falls
A long cascade in the North Georgia mountains, with walking routes beside the falling water.
Visitor guideHawaii · Kauai
Wailua Falls
A roadside view of twin streams descending into a green Kauaʻi valley north of Līhuʻe.
Visitor guideHawaii · Hawaii
ʻAkaka Falls
A tall free-falling waterfall framed by tropical vegetation on Hawaiʻi Island.
Visitor guideIdaho · Twin Falls
Shoshone Falls
A wide Snake River waterfall whose appearance changes dramatically with snowmelt and water management.
Visitor guideIdaho · Fremont
Upper Mesa Falls
A broad river curtain in eastern Idaho, paired with a second waterfall along the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway.
37.5637°, -88.6420°Mapped location · photo not yet sourced
Visitor guideIllinois · Pope
Burden Falls
A small, seasonal sandstone-ledge waterfall inside the Burden Falls Wilderness of Shawnee National Forest.
Visitor guideIndiana · Jefferson
Clifty Falls
A 60-foot waterfall and the namesake of a rugged state park near Madison, with three more falls reachable on its trail network.
Visitor guideKentucky · McCreary
Cumberland Falls
A wide curtain of water and a chance to see a lunar rainbow in Kentucky’s forested river gorge.
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