California
LeConte Falls
84 mi from Fresno · ~2.4 hr drive
No height recorded
LeConte Falls is a named waterfall in California — about 84 miles from Fresno, CA. Full visit details below.
- State
- California
- Nearest city
- Fresno, CA · 84 mi · ~2.4 hr drive
- Elevation
- 7,054 ft (2150 m)
- Coordinates
- 37.9232°, -119.4518°
From Wikipedia: LeConte Falls is a waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California, in Yosemite National Park. It is a 229 ft. high cascade on the Tuolumne River and the second largest falls on this river. It was named in 1894 in honor of Professor Joseph LeConte by Robert M. Price; however, Price's original intent was to designate what is now called "Waterwheel Falls" as "LeConte Falls" but a mapmaker assigned the name to what was once called "California Falls" and the mapmaker's mistaken designation was adopted as the standard. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on LeConte Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting LeConte Falls
The exact location is at 37.9232°, -119.4518° — 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 Fresno, CA — 84 miles away (~2.4 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for LeConte 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.