California
Leavitt Falls
85 mi from Reno · ~2.4 hr drive
No height recorded
Leavitt Falls is a named waterfall in California — about 85 miles from Reno, NV. Full visit details below.
- State
- California
- Nearest city
- Reno, NV · 85 mi · ~2.4 hr drive
- Elevation
- 7,769 ft (2368 m)
- Coordinates
- 38.3193°, -119.5629°
From Wikipedia: Leavitt Falls is a 200-foot (61 m), multi-tiered waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of Mono County, California. The falls are located on Leavitt Creek, a tributary of the West Walker River and are formed where the creek drops off the edge of a hanging valley into Leavitt Meadow. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Leavitt Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Leavitt Falls
The exact location is at 38.3193°, -119.5629° — 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 — 85 miles away (~2.4 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Leavitt 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.