California
Bassi Falls
52 mi from Reno · ~1.5 hr drive
No height recorded
Bassi Falls is a named waterfall in California — about 52 miles from Reno, NV. Full visit details below.
- State
- California
- Nearest city
- Reno, NV · 52 mi · ~1.5 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 38.8922°, -120.3312°
From Wikipedia: Bassi Falls is a waterfall in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, to the west of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County, California. The falls are part of the El Dorado National Forest and are at the end of a 1.2 miles (1.9 km) hiking trail with an approximately 200 feet (61 m) elevation gain. Bassi Falls are 109 feet (33 m) high, with granite rocks creating the various drops. The area immediately surrounding the falls features multiple swimming holes. To reach the falls, visitors must use an unpaved road named Ice House Road to reach a parking area near Union Valley Reservoir; it is recommended to use a 4WD vehicle. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Bassi Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Bassi Falls
The exact location is at 38.8922°, -120.3312° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Reno, NV — 52 miles away (~1.5 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Bassi Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.