California
Feather Falls
74 mi from Sacramento · ~2.1 hr drive
410ft tall
≈ 125 m
≈ 125 m
Feather Falls is a named waterfall in California — a substantial cascade dropping 410 feet, about 74 miles from Sacramento, CA. Full visit details below.
- State
- California
- Nearest city
- Sacramento, CA · 74 mi · ~2.1 hr drive
- Height
- 410 ft (125 m)
- Coordinates
- 39.6430°, -121.2744°
From Wikipedia: Feather Falls is a waterfall located on the Fall River, a tributary of the Middle Fork Feather River, within the Plumas National Forest in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Butte County, eastern California, United States. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Feather Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Feather Falls
The exact location is at 39.6430°, -121.2744° — 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 Sacramento, CA — 74 miles away (~2.1 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Feather 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.