California
Second Falls
78 mi from Fresno · ~2.3 hr drive
No height recorded
Second Falls is a named waterfall in California — about 78 miles from Fresno, CA. Full visit details below.
- State
- California
- Nearest city
- Fresno, CA · 78 mi · ~2.3 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 37.1339°, -118.4553°
From Wikipedia: Graveyard Fields is the name of a flat mountain valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. It is located in the Great Balsam Mountains. The valley, itself over 5,000 feet in elevation, is surrounded by mountains exceeding 6,000 feet in elevation, such as Black Balsam Knob, Tennent Mountain, and Sam Knob. These high peaks form the source of the Yellowstone Prong of the Pigeon River, which flows through Graveyard Fields valley. Yellowstone Prong goes over 3 waterfalls in the valley: Upper Falls, Second Falls, and Yellowstone Falls. Graveyard Fields is a very popular hiking destination, accessible from the Blue Ridge Parkway. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Graveyard Fields, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Second Falls
The exact location is at 37.1339°, -118.4553° — 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 — 78 miles away (~2.3 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Second 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.