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Dick's Waterfall Album |
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People have been
fascinated with waterfalls since the beginning of human history.
We'll hike for miles to see one. |
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| New photos here June 9 and here July 12 and here August 5, 2023 (captions in red) | |||
| Click photo for a larger view (pictures open in a new window) | |||
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| Waterfall near Chilkoot Campground, Sierra National Forest | Base of fall | Falls on Willow Creek, SNF | |
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| Waterfall on Rock Creek, SNF | A closer look | Another Rock Creek waterfall | |
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| Another closer look | Close up of waterfall on Rock Creek | Falls on the North Fork of the San Joaquin River above Sheep Crossing | |
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| Waterfall by the road above Black Rock Reservoir on the Kings River's north fork |
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The iconic view of Yosemite Valley and Bridalveil Falls | |
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Bridalveil Falls, Spring 2006 |
Bridalveil from the parking lot | Bridalveil in fall | |
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| A closer view, in Spring | Yosemite Falls, Spring 2006 | Base of Lower Yosemite, peak runoff, June 2006 | |
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| Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls | Yosemite Falls, June 2011 | Falls in Hell Hole below Granite Gorge, North Fork, Kings River | |
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| Falls on North Fork of the Kings River, near Balch Camp | Small waterfall near Black Rock | Roaring River Falls in Kings Canyon National Park, near Cedar Grove | |
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| Rainbow Falls, middle San Joaquin River, near Devil's Postpile | Yellowstone Falls | Spring waterfall on Black Rock Road above Balch Camp | |
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A closer look |
A tiny "auxiliary" falls to the side of Corlieu Falls |
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Pegleg Falls near Bootjack, Mariposa County CA |
Pegleg from above |
Pegleg at high water in 1945 (Robert Estel photo) |
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Patterson Bluffs Falls, Fresno County CA |
Vernal Falls, Yosemite | Nevada Falls, Yosemite | |
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| Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point | Cascade Falls, Yosemite | Temporary snow melt runoff falls west of Cathedral Rock | |
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| Small falls on Nutmeg Creek near the Blue Canyon Road | Falls on the north side of Tehipite Valley | Another Tehipite Valley falls | |
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| Chilnualna Falls near Wawona |
Grizzly
Falls, |
Another view of Grizzly Falls | |
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| Wind-blown Vernal Falls | Falls
in Russian Gulch, Mendocino County |
A closer look | |
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| Garlic Meadow Creek Falls, Kings River area, Sierra National Forest | Cascade on Big Creek, Fresno County | Corlieu Falls in 2013 | |
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| Falls on Big Creek (San Joaquin Drainage) above town of Big Creek | A spring waterfall along Highway 70, high above the Feather River | Rancheria Falls above Huntington Lake | |
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Adams Falls in Rocky Mountain National Park |
Looking down from the top of the falls |
Falls next to an Oregon beach | |
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| California Creek below Nelder Grove | California Creek near Road 6S47Y, fall 2016 | The same cascade in the spring of 2017 | |
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| Small waterfall on California Creek below Nelder Grove Campground | From a different angle | Grizzly Falls near Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon National Park (Teri Liddle) | |
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| Chilnualna Falls - 4th year of drought |
Cascade on Mill Flat Creek about a mile above the Kings River |
Temporary runoff waterfall after a storm in Canyonlands National Park |
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| Falls along Highway 49 near Usona | Same falls, different angle |
Seasonal waterfall
by Smalley |
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| Cascade
on seasonal creek by the Bridge Trail, San Joaquin Gorge |
Corlieu Falls on Lewis Creek | Bridalveil Falls in June 2016 | |
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| Morning
sun catches the mist blowing from the top of Bridalveil |
Ribbon
Falls makes its appearance only during a good spring runoff |
Yosemite Falls at its best in June 2016 | |
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| Rancheria Falls near Huntington Lake | A closer view (mid-June 2016) | The falls in early July 2016 | |
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| Sheep Creek Falls, Kings Canyon National Park | Grizzly Falls, Sequoia National Forest | Top of the falls | |
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Grizzly Falls, dirty from storm runoff upstream |
Roaring River Falls | View from the opposite side of the river | |
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| The full view of Tokopah Falls in Sequoia National Park | |||
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| Lower section of Tokopah Falls | Illilouette
Falls, Yosemite National Park (Wes Thiessen photo) |
Falls on the Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park (Thiessen) | |
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| Soquel Falls on Willow Creek, Sierra National Forest | |||
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| The lower section of Soquel Falls drops into a nice, deep swimming hole |
Stephenson Creek Falls (Wes Thiessen photo) |
A small waterfall on the road to Henry Coe State Park |
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| A delightful waterfall by the River Access Trail in the San Joaquin Gorge | The Falls on Secatta Ridge | Below the falls, the creek races through this channel by Trimmer Springs Road | |
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| Falls by Powerhouse Road near Redinger Lake (by Wes Thiessen) | Yosemite Falls with no water | This little waterfall is part of a larger tributary of the Kaweah River | |
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| Tokopah Falls on the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River, May 2017 (compare June 2016) | |||
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| Cascade in the canyon of the North Fork Kings River, 2017 | A seasonal falls along Highway 180 en route to Kings Canyon National Park | Seasonal falls in the canyon of the South Fork of the Kings River | |
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| Grizzly Falls, a few miles west of Cedar Grove along the Kings River | Roaring River Falls in the Cedar Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park (compare 2016 view) | The waterfall on California Creek below Nelder Grove, during a peak water year | |
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| A view across the canyon of Rancheria Falls during peak runoff, June 2017 |
Close up look at Rancheria Falls in late June 2017 |
Water hitting a ledge sends spray back up to the top | |
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| Waterfall in Olympic rain forest (by Linda Estel) | A tributary of Big Creek near Huntington Lake, we are calling this Indian Falls | Chilnualna Falls,
July 2017 (compare 2015 water flow) |
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| Another view of Chilnualna | On Willow Creek near Chilkoot Creek, I call this Willkoot Falls | A closer look | |
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| Eight-foot falls on Chilkoot Creek | Burney Falls in Northern California | Long Meadow Creek, west side of the Kings River North Fork near Lake Wishon | |
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| Falls on the Kings River North Fork | Two waterfalls on Big Creek north of Pine Flat Lake | ||
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| Falls on California Creek a short distance south of Nelder Campground (Thiessen) | The falls on Bear Creek along McKinley Grove Road, Sierra National Forest | Secondary cascade below Rancheria Falls | |
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| In July of 2018, Yosemite falls splits in two at a small ledge | McArthur-Burney Falls, 2018 | Pit River Falls, Modoc County CA | |
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| Ths seasonal falls above the Kings River appears only after big rains (Thiessen) | View of falls in Hell Hole from Black Rock Road | Eshom Creek Falls (by Larry Jordan) | |
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| Rancheria Falls, June 2019 | Illilouette Falls | Tokopah Falls, August 2019 | |
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| Cascade
on Nelder Creek near the campground (Wes Thiessen photo) |
Corlieu Falls from the trail to the west | Falls on Big Creek above Fish Camp | |
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| Waterfall
on Laurel Creek by Dinkey Creek Road |
Another
angle on Tuolumne Falls (Laurie Lewis Photo) |
Chilnualna Falls, May 2021 | |
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| Mist
Falls on the Kings River, Kings Canyon National Park (by Brittany Upshaw) |
Rainbow
Falls, Middle Fork, San Joaquin River |
Horse Tail Falls above June Lake Loop | |
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| Falls
on Secatta Ridge above Pine Flat in a record rain year |
Cascade Falls | Ribbon Falls | |
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| Rancheria
Falls, the biggest we'd ever seen it, July 2023 |
Seasonal
waterfall east of Sonora Pass on CA Route 108 |
Waterfall east of Tioga Pass by CA 120 | |
| Waterfall
Videos (Most videos will not play in most browsers; you will be given the option to download the video to your PC) |
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| Soquel Falls | Roaring River Falls 2016 | Corlieu Falls 2016 | |
| Rancheria Falls 2017 | Roaring River Falls 2017 | Tokopah Falls | |
| Grizzly Falls 2017 | California Flat Falls March 2017 | Indian Falls | |
| California Creek Falls | Kings River North Fork Falls | Chilnualna Falls | |
| "Willkoot" Falls | Falls on Chilkoot Creek | McArthur-Burney Falls | |
| Hell Hole Falls, North Fork of Kings River | Rancheria Falls 2019 | Illilouette Falls Video (by Wes Thiessen) | |
| Big Creek Falls (Fish Camp Area) | Soquel Falls 2020 | Secatta Ridge Falls 2023 | |
| Rancheria Falls 2023 | |||
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