U.S. Outdoor Index

Waterfalls in the United States

5,663 catalogued falls across 49 states. Use the state index below to find waterfalls within driving distance of any U.S. metro. Looking for thermal features instead? See hot springs.

Tallest documented waterfall in each state

Sorted by height

Where height isn't recorded in our source data, the state is omitted from this list — its waterfalls are still in the per-state pages.

State	Tallest waterfall	Height	Total in DB
Washington	Sulphide Creek Falls	3,937 ft	479
California	East Snow Mountain Falls	2,198 ft	379
Hawaii	Hi'ilawe Falls	2,051 ft	154
Wyoming	Silver Cord Cascade	1,214 ft	102
Montana	Bird Woman Falls	951 ft	128
Alaska	Kvasnikoff Falls	699 ft	68
Utah	Bridal Veil Falls	607 ft	82
Oregon	Linton Falls	600 ft	374
North Carolina	Upper Whitewater Falls	410 ft	814
Arizona	Winn Falls	364 ft	54
Massachusetts	Bear Rock Falls	299 ft	52
New York	Upper Carpenter Falls	295 ft	389
Virginia	Falling Spring Falls	262 ft	73
Tennessee	Fall Creek Falls	256 ft	202
Idaho	Perrine Coulee Falls	233 ft	79
Arkansas	Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls	209 ft	203
Texas	Capote Falls	190 ft	48
Georgia	Toccoa Falls	186 ft	74
New Mexico	Rio en Medio Falls	164 ft	22
New Hampshire	Arethusa Falls	138 ft	123
South Carolina	Rainbow Falls	138 ft	237
Minnesota	High Falls	120 ft	89
Kentucky	Mariba Fork Falls	112 ft	84
Michigan	Houghton-Douglass Falls	110 ft	228
Colorado	Treasure Falls	105 ft	124
Illinois	Burden Falls	102 ft	40
Pennsylvania	Ganoga Falls	94 ft	169
Oklahoma	Turner Falls	79 ft	33
Maryland	Cunningham Falls	78 ft	18
New Jersey	Great Falls	75 ft	26
Vermont	McGinn Falls	66 ft	63
West Virginia	Lower Falls of Hills Creek	63 ft	35
South Dakota	Roughlock Falls	59 ft	12
Connecticut	Dean's Ravine Falls	49 ft	138
Wisconsin	Stephens Falls	30 ft	83
Rhode Island	East Greenwich Falls	25 ft	11
Ohio	Cedar Cliff Falls	23 ft	67
Maine	Grand Falls	20 ft	153
Indiana	Cascades Falls	16 ft	30
Missouri	Waterfall (seasonal)	10 ft	19
Nebraska	Stone Creek Falls	7 ft	10

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49 states · 5,663 falls

Click any state to see all waterfalls in our database for that state, plus which cities they're reachable from. The accent stripe shows the region.

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What's in a RoamFound waterfall page

Field card format

Each individual waterfall page shows the practical stuff — location, height (where documented), elevation, nearest city with drive-time, and a directions block to the trailhead. Where Wikipedia has a full article, we link to it for the deep history. Where it doesn't, we cite the underlying source data so you can verify.

Coverage rolls out as we layer in additional sources. The first pass uses OpenStreetMap as the spine — about 5,663 named waterfalls. Subsequent passes will integrate the U.S. Geological Survey's GNIS database (which adds another ~10,000-20,000 named falls) and Wikipedia categories per state.

Other categories

2026 roadmap

Waterfalls was the first category. Now live:

Hot springs — thermal features (hot springs, warm springs, geysers, boiling springs) catalogued from USGS GNIS. Heavy concentration in the Rocky Mountain, Great Basin, and Cascades regions.
Hiking trails — America's 11 National Scenic Trails plus regional long-distance routes (curated) merged with named OpenStreetMap hiking-route relations across all 50 states.

Coming through 2026:

Swimming holes — natural swimming features in rivers, creeks, and quarries
Kayaking access points — put-ins, take-outs, and rentals near each launch
Fishing spots — public-access lakes, rivers, and licensed waters
Scenic drives — designated byways and back roads worth the detour

Subscribers to the launch list (homepage) get notified when each category opens in their region.