California
Potem Falls
148 mi from Reno · ~4 hr drive
No height recorded
Potem Falls is a named waterfall in California — about 148 miles from Reno, NV. Full visit details below.
- State
- California
- Nearest city
- Reno, NV · 148 mi · ~4 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 40.8395°, -122.0286°
From Wikipedia: The Pit River is a major river draining from northeastern California into the state's Central Valley. The Pit, the Klamath and the Columbia are the only three rivers in the U.S. that cross the Cascade Range. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Pit River, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Potem Falls
The exact location is at 40.8395°, -122.0286° — 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.
If you've visited Potem Falls and have current notes (parking situation, dog policy, seasonality, kid-friendliness), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn more.
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Sources
Location and tag data for Potem 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.