| Dick's
            Waterfall Album | 
        
          | People have been
            fascinated with waterfalls since the beginning of human history.
            We'll hike for miles to see one.Here are a few, some famous, some
            totally unknown. Most are my own pictures; and many of the others are places I've
            visited
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          | Waterfall
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          | New
            photos here June 6 , 2024 (captions
            in red) | 
        
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          | 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 | 
        
          | Falls on Rancheria
      Creek, North Fork canyon |  | 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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                | Corlieu Falls on Lewis Creek south of
            Yosemite |  | 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,Kings Canyon National Park
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            view of Grizzly Falls | 
        
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          | Wind-blown
            Vernal Falls | Falls
            in Russian Gulch, Mendocino County
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            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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                | Perfect timing allowed us to see these
                  one-day wonders - runoff waterfalls in the Colorado River
                  Canyon along Utah Highway 128 east of Moab...they were dry the
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          | Falls
            along Highway 49 near Usona | Same
            falls, different angle | Seasonal waterfall
            by SmalleyRoad near San Joaquin Gorge
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          | Cascade
            on seasonal creek by the Bridge Trail, San Joaquin Gorge
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            Falls in June 2016 | 
        
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          | Morning
            sun catches the mist blowing from the top of Bridalveil
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            Falls makes its appearance only during a good spring runoff
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            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)
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            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)
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            trail to the west | Falls
            on Big Creek above Fish Camp | 
        
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          | Waterfall
            on Laurel Creek by Dinkey Creek Road
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            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)
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            Falls, Middle Fork, San Joaquin River
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            Lake Loop | 
        
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          | Falls
            on Secatta Ridge above Pine Flat in a record rain year
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            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
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            east of Tioga Pass by CA 120 | 
        
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          | Rancheria
            Falls from the Kaiser Pass Road, May 2024
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          | 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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