How do I find waterfall hikes near me?

Press "Use my location" (or choose a city) above and the 261 waterfall hikes on Summit Seeker are ranked by straight-line distance from you, nearest first. Your location stays in your browser.

What is the shortest waterfall hike on the list?

Panther Creek Falls in Washington: 0.16 miles round trip.

Which state has the most waterfall hikes here?

Oregon, with 22. The full list by state is below.

When are waterfalls at their best?

Most falls run fullest in spring snowmelt and after heavy rain, and some dwindle by late summer. Each trail page lists the land manager to check for current conditions and closures.

Waterfall Hikes Near Me

261 trails in 28 states to a named waterfall, each with a distance quoted from the land manager or a trail guide. The shortest is Panther Creek Falls (0.16 mi round trip); the longest is Shining Cloud Falls (17 mi). Use your location to see the nearest first.

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All 261 waterfall hikes by state

Shortest first within each state. Distances and ratings appear only where the route is checked.

Oregon (22)

Tumalo Falls · 0.5 mi round trip
Ponytail Falls · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
Toketee Falls · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
Watson Falls · 0.8 mi loop · Easy
Barr Creek Falls · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
White River Falls · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
Elowah Falls · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
Proxy Falls · 1.5 mi loop · Easy
Lemolo Falls · 2 mi round trip
Multnomah Falls · 2.4 mi round trip · Moderate
Wahclella Falls · 2.4 mi round trip · Easy
Koosah Falls · 2.6 mi loop · Easy
Sahalie Falls · 2.6 mi loop · Easy
Tamanawas Falls · 3.6 mi round trip · Moderate
Triple Falls · 3.6 mi round trip · Moderate
Punch Bowl Falls · 3.8 mi round trip · Moderate
Umbrella Falls · 4.1 mi loop · Moderate
Wahkeena Falls · 4.6 mi loop · Hard
Chush Falls · 5.2 mi round trip · Moderate
Ramona Falls · 7.1 mi loop · Hard
South Falls · 7.2 mi loop
Tunnel Falls · 12 mi round trip · Strenuous

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New Hampshire (18)

Huntington Cascades · 0.4 mi round trip
Triple Falls · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy
Glen Ellis Falls · 0.6 mi round trip
Chesterfield Gorge · 0.7 mi loop · Easy
Crystal Cascade · 0.8 mi round trip
Ripley Falls · 1.2 mi round trip
Thompson Falls · 1.4 mi round trip
Georgiana Falls · 1.5 mi round trip
Giant Falls · 3 mi round trip
Champney Falls · 3.4 mi round trip
Rattle River Falls · 3.4 mi round trip · Moderate
Ammonoosuc Ravine Falls (Gem Pool) · 4.4 mi round trip · Hard
Eagle Cascade · 4.6 mi round trip · Moderate
Bridal Veil Falls · 5 mi round trip · Hard
Franconia Falls · 6.4 mi round trip
Thoreau Falls · 9.6 mi round trip · Hard
Dry River Falls · 11 mi round trip
Thirteen Falls · 16 mi round trip

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Montana (16)

Baring Falls · 0.6 mi round trip
Running Eagle Falls · 0.6 mi round trip
Palisade Falls · 1.2 mi round trip
Woodbine Falls · 1.5 mi round trip
Ousel Falls · 1.6 mi round trip
McDonald Falls · 1.8 mi loop · Easy
Apikuni Falls · 2 mi round trip · Moderate
St. Mary Falls · 2.4 mi round trip
Redrock Falls · 3.6 mi round trip · Easy
Virginia Falls · 3.6 mi round trip · Moderate
Avalanche Lake Falls · 4.6 mi round trip · Moderate
Morrell Falls · 5.4 mi round trip
Ptarmigan Falls · 5.4 mi round trip · Moderate
Crow Creek Falls · 6 mi round trip
Rockwell Falls · 7 mi round trip · Moderate
Florence Falls · 9.8 mi round trip · Hard

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Washington (15)

Panther Creek Falls · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
Narada Falls · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
Tumwater Falls · 0.5 mi loop · Easy
Palouse Falls · 1 mi round trip
Snoqualmie Falls · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
Murhut Falls · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy
Sol Duc Falls · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy
Marymere Falls · 1.8 mi round trip · Easy
Franklin Falls · 2 mi round trip · Easy
Twin Falls · 2.5 mi round trip
Falls Creek Falls · 3.4 mi round trip · Moderate
Comet Falls · 3.8 mi round trip · Moderate
Bridal Veil Falls · 4 mi round trip · Moderate
Lava Canyon Falls · 5 mi round trip · Hard
Loowit Falls · 9.2 mi round trip · Hard

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Virginia (14)

Lands Run Falls · 1.3 mi round trip · Easy
Dark Hollow Falls · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
Roaring Run Falls · 1.5 mi loop
Apple Orchard Falls · 2.6 mi round trip
Crabtree Falls (Virginia) · 3 mi round trip
Great Falls of the Potomac (Virginia) · 3 mi round trip
Jones Run Falls · 3.2 mi round trip · Moderate
Doyles River Falls · 3.3 mi round trip · Moderate
Lewis Falls · 3.3 mi loop · Moderate
South River Falls · 3.3 mi loop · Moderate
Rose River Falls · 4 mi loop · Moderate
Whiteoak Canyon Falls · 4.6 mi round trip · Moderate
Overall Run Falls · 5.1 mi round trip · Hard
Hazel Falls · 5.3 mi round trip · Hard

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Georgia (13)

Helton Creek Falls · 0.6 mi round trip
Anna Ruby Falls · 0.8 mi round trip
Dick's Creek Falls (Chattooga) · 1.2 mi round trip
Keown Falls · 1.7 mi loop
Angel Falls · 1.75 mi round trip
Dukes Creek Falls · 2 mi round trip
Hemlock Falls (Cloudland Canyon) · 2 mi round trip
Holcomb Creek Falls · 2 mi loop
Amicalola Falls · 2.1 mi loop · Moderate
DeSoto Falls · 2.2 mi round trip
Cascade Falls (Pine Mountain) · 3.75 mi round trip
Lula Falls · 4.2 mi round trip
Jacks River Falls · 9 mi round trip

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Massachusetts (13)

Lulu Cascade · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
Glendale Falls · 0.4 mi round trip
Tannery Falls · 0.5 mi loop
Windsor Jambs · 0.5 mi loop · Easy
Doane's Falls · 0.6 mi round trip
Bash Bish Falls · 0.7 mi round trip
Stevens Glen · 1.4 mi round trip
March Cataract Falls · 1.6 mi round trip
Money Brook Falls · 1.6 mi round trip
Spirit Falls · 1.8 mi round trip
Sanderson Brook Falls · 2 mi round trip
Cascades on Dunbar Brook · 2.2 mi round trip · Easy
Race Brook Falls · 2.2 mi round trip

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Minnesota (13)

Cascade River Falls · 0.5 mi loop
Temperance River Falls (Hidden Falls) · 0.5 mi round trip
Minneopa Falls · 0.8 mi round trip
Winnewissa Falls · 0.8 mi loop · Easy
Hidden Falls (Nerstrand) · 1 mi round trip · Easy
High Falls (Pigeon River) · 1.2 mi round trip
High Falls (Baptism River) · 1.4 mi round trip
Two Step Falls · 1.9 mi round trip
Devil's Kettle · 2 mi round trip
Manitou Cascades · 2 mi round trip
Minnehaha Falls · 2.1 mi loop
Wolf Creek Falls · 4 mi loop
Middle Falls (Pigeon River) · 4.5 mi round trip

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North Carolina (13)

Hooker Falls · 0.6 mi round trip
Hickory Nut Falls · 1.4 mi round trip
Roaring Fork Falls · 1.4 mi round trip
Linville Falls · 1.6 mi round trip
Glen Falls · 1.7 mi round trip · Easy
High Falls · 2.2 mi round trip
Triple Falls · 2.2 mi round trip
Indian Creek Falls · 2.4 mi loop
Crabtree Falls · 2.5 mi loop
Schoolhouse Falls · 2.5 mi round trip
High Shoals Falls · 2.7 mi loop
Graveyard Fields Upper Falls · 3.3 mi round trip
Bridal Veil Falls (DuPont) · 4.6 mi round trip

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Michigan (12)

Sable Falls · 0.4 mi round trip
Bond Falls · 1 mi loop
Laughing Whitefish Falls · 1 mi round trip
Miners Falls · 1.2 mi round trip
Mosquito Falls · 2 mi round trip
Rainbow Falls · 2 mi round trip
Chapel Falls · 2.5 mi round trip
Manabezho Falls · 2.7 mi loop
O Kun de Kun Falls · 2.8 mi round trip
Piers Gorge (Misicot Falls) · 3 mi round trip
Trap Falls · 4 mi round trip
Shining Cloud Falls · 17 mi round trip

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Tennessee (12)

Fall Creek Falls · 0.8 mi round trip
Foster Falls · 1 mi round trip
Big Falls (Old Stone Fort) · 1.4 mi loop
Upper Piney Falls · 2.2 mi round trip
Gee Creek Falls · 2.6 mi round trip
Laurel Fork Falls · 2.6 mi round trip
Margarette Falls · 2.7 mi round trip
Benton Falls · 3 mi round trip
Emory Gap Falls · 3 mi round trip
Abrams Falls · 5 mi round trip
Rainbow Falls (Smokies) · 5.6 mi round trip · Hard
Ramsey Cascades · 8 mi round trip · Strenuous

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California (11)

McWay Falls · 0.6 mi round trip
Santa Ynez Falls · 2.5 mi round trip · Easy
Sturtevant Falls · 3.3 mi round trip · Moderate
Tokopah Falls · 3.4 mi round trip
Illilouette Fall · 4 mi round trip
McCloud Falls · 4 mi round trip
Wapama Falls · 5 mi round trip
Rainbow Falls · 5.1 mi round trip
Chilnualna Falls · 8.2 mi round trip · Strenuous
Feather Falls · 8.3 mi round trip
Alamere Falls · 13.2 mi round trip

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Colorado (10)

Horseshoe Falls · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy
Adams Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
Copeland Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
Rifle Falls · 0.9 mi loop · Easy
Zapata Falls · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
Alberta Falls · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
Calypso Cascades · 3.6 mi round trip · Moderate
Fern Falls · 5.2 mi round trip · Moderate
Ouzel Falls · 5.4 mi round trip · Hard
Timberline Falls · 8.1 mi round trip · Strenuous

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Maine (10)

Mother Walker Falls · 0.2 mi round trip
The Cataracts · 0.7 mi round trip
Pierce Pond Stream Falls · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
Mariaville Falls · 1.3 mi round trip
Orris Falls · 1.5 mi round trip
Katahdin Stream Falls · 2 mi round trip
Little Wilson Falls · 2.4 mi round trip · Easy
Dunn Falls · 2.5 mi loop
Jewell Falls · 4 mi round trip
Orin Falls · 6 mi round trip · Easy

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South Carolina (10)

Issaqueena Falls · 0.4 mi round trip
Brasstown Falls · 0.6 mi round trip
King Creek Falls · 1 mi round trip
Carrick Creek Falls · 2 mi loop
Lower Whitewater Falls · 4 mi round trip
Hidden Falls · 4.2 mi round trip
Raven Cliff Falls · 4.4 mi round trip
Rainbow Falls · 5 mi round trip
Big Bend Falls · 6.8 mi round trip
Laurel Fork Falls · 16.8 mi round trip

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New York (9)

Salmon River Falls · 0.4 mi round trip
Tinker Falls · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
Kaaterskill Falls · 0.6 mi round trip
Awosting Falls · 1.1 mi round trip
Chittenango Falls · 1.1 mi loop
Eternal Flame Falls · 1.12 mi round trip
Lucifer Falls · 2.2 mi one way · Moderate
Lower Falls (Letchworth) · 3 mi round trip
Rainbow Falls (Ausable Club) · 8.5 mi round trip · Hard

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Vermont (8)

Warren Falls · 0.2 mi round trip
Sterling Falls Gorge · 0.4 mi round trip
Thundering Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
Texas Falls · 1 mi loop · Easy
Cascades at the Equinox Preserve · 2 mi round trip · Easy
Falls on the Waterbury Trail · 2.8 mi round trip · Moderate
West River Trail Cascades · 3 mi round trip · Easy
Hamilton Falls · 6 mi round trip

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New Jersey (6)

Laurel Falls · 0.3 mi round trip
Schooley's Mountain Falls · 0.8 mi round trip
Van Campens Glen Falls · 2.2 mi round trip
Stony Brook Falls · 3.8 mi loop
Hemlock Falls · 5.9 mi round trip
Chikahoki Falls · 7.1 mi loop · Hard

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Idaho (5)

Grouse Creek Falls · 1 mi round trip · Easy
Copper Falls · 1.4 mi loop
Elk Creek Falls · 2.8 mi loop · Moderate
Lady Face Falls · 5 mi round trip · Moderate
Bridal Veil Falls · 7.4 mi round trip · Moderate

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Maryland (5)

Great Falls of the Potomac (Maryland) · 1 mi round trip
Kilgore Falls · 1 mi round trip
Cunningham Falls · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
Muddy Creek Falls · 1.5 mi loop
Swallow Falls · 1.5 mi loop

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Ohio (5)

Great Falls of Tinkers Creek · 0.4 mi loop
Conkle's Hollow Falls · 1 mi round trip
Brandywine Falls · 1.5 mi loop
Big Lyons Falls · 2 mi loop
Blue Hen Falls · 3 mi round trip

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Kentucky (4)

Yahoo Falls · 1.1 mi loop · Easy
Tioga Falls · 2 mi round trip
Lick Falls · 3 mi loop
Vanhook Falls · 5 mi round trip

West Virginia (4)

Blackwater Falls · 0.4 mi round trip
Sandstone Falls · 0.4 mi round trip
Cabin Creek Falls · 1 mi loop
Big Branch Falls · 2 mi loop · Easy

Alabama (3)

Devil's Den Falls · 1 mi round trip
Peavine Falls · 1.8 mi round trip · Easy
Cheaha Falls · 5.4 mi round trip

Connecticut (3)

Cotton Hollow Cascades · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
Kent Falls · 0.84 mi round trip
Blackledge Falls · 1 mi round trip

Pennsylvania (3)

Raymondskill Falls · 0.3 mi loop
Tumbling Waters Falls · 2.8 mi loop
Ganoga Falls · 7.2 mi loop

Wisconsin (3)

Copper Falls · 1.7 mi loop
Red Granite Falls · 2.5 mi round trip
Lost Creek Falls · 3 mi round trip

Rhode Island (1)

Stepstone Falls · 3.4 mi loop

Waterfall Hikes near me: common questions

How do I find waterfall hikes near me?: Press "Use my location" (or choose a city) above and the 261 waterfall hikes on Summit Seeker are ranked by straight-line distance from you, nearest first. Your location stays in your browser.
What is the shortest waterfall hike on the list?: Panther Creek Falls in Washington: 0.16 miles round trip.
Which state has the most waterfall hikes here?: Oregon, with 22. The full list by state is below.
When are waterfalls at their best?: Most falls run fullest in spring snowmelt and after heavy rain, and some dwindle by late summer. Each trail page lists the land manager to check for current conditions and closures.