California · Documented attraction
Nevada Fall
70 mi from Fresno · ~2.0 hr drive
594ft tall
≈ 181 m
≈ 181 m
Nevada Fall is a named waterfall in California — a major waterfall standing 594 feet tall, about 70 miles from Fresno, CA. Full visit details below.
- State
- California
- Nearest city
- Fresno, CA · 70 mi · ~2.0 hr drive
- Height
- 594 ft (181 m)
- Elevation
- 5,909 ft (1801 m)
- Coordinates
- 37.7249°, -119.5334°
- Listed as
- Tourist attraction (OpenStreetMap)
From Wikipedia: Nevada Fall is a 594-foot-high (181 m) waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California. It is located below the granite dome, Liberty Cap, at the west end of Little Yosemite Valley. The waterfall is widely recognized by its "bent" shape, in which the water free-falls for roughly the first third of its length to a steep slick-rock slope. This mid-fall impact of the water on the cliff face creates a turbulent, whitewater appearance in the fall and produces a great deal of mist which covers a wide radius, which led to its current name. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Nevada Fall, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Nevada Fall
The exact location is at 37.7249°, -119.5334° — 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 — 70 miles away (~2.0 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Nevada Fall 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.