Natural History Wanderings

Updated October 24, 2011

Spring is waterfall season. Waterfalls are a favorite destination of hikers, photographers and  just about everyone.  As the rainy season ends and snow melt starts, waterfalls run at their fullest.  In this posting I have included lists from:

Bay Area Hiker’s Bay Area Best Waterfall Hikes
Trails.com’s of Twenty Best Waterfalls in California

And links to:

Leon Turnbull Photography’s waterfallswest.com list and information about California waterfalls
Photographing waterfalls by PhotoNaturalist
Yosemite Waterfalls article by Tom Stienstra
10 Favorite Waterfalls Outside Yosemite by Tom Stienstra

Bay Area Hiker’s list of Best Waterfall Hikes in the Bay Area (http://www.bahiker.com/extras/best.html)

North Bay:

• Dawn Falls: Baltimore Canyon Open Space Preserve
• Cascade Falls: Cascade Canyon Open Space Preserve
• Carson Falls: Pine Mountain
• Cataract Falls: Mount Tamalpais
• Indian Valley Open Space Preserve
• Loma Alta Open Space Preserve
• Stairstep Falls: Samuel P. Taylor State Park

East Bay:

• Mount Diablo State Park: Donner Canyon Waterfall Loop

Peninsula and South Bay:

• Big Basin Redwoods State Park
• Castle Rock State Park
• San Pedro Valley State Park
• Tiptoe Falls: Portola Redwoods State Park
• Uvas Canyon County Park

Trails.com list of Best Waterfalls in Northern California http://www.trails.com/stateactivity.aspx?area=14509

#1. Auburn Waterfalls
#2. Yosemite Valley Waterfalls
#3. Kings Canyon National Park Waterfalls
#4. Sequoia National Park Waterfalls
#5. Colfax Waterfalls
#6. Oakhurst Waterfalls
#7. Big Basin Redwoods State Park Waterfalls
#8. Mammoth Lakes Waterfalls
#9. Humboldt Redwoods State Park Waterfalls
#10. Pollock Pines Waterfalls
#11. Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River Waterfalls
#12. Castle Crags State Park Waterfalls
#13. Nevada City Waterfalls
#14. Spenceville Wildlife and Recreation Area Waterfalls
#15. South Lake Tahoe Waterfalls
#16. Sonora Pass Waterfalls
#17. Whiskeytown Lake Waterfalls
#18. Emigrant Gap Waterfalls
#19. Forest of Nisene Marks Waterfalls
#20. Markleeville Waterfalls

One more. Falls at North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve, Butte County added courtesy of BR Thomas of BRT Insights – WW Kayaking & Hiking

Photographing waterfalls from the PhotoNaturalist http://photonaturalist.net/7-tips-for-photographing-waterfalls/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+photonaturalist+%28PhotoNaturalist%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

Leon Turnbull Photography’s waterfallswest.com list and information on California waterfalls:  http://www.waterfallswest.com/page.php?id=regionca

Yosemite waterfalls see article in S.F. Chronicle  by Tom Stienstra: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/15/SPL51CU3UM.DTL&feed=rss.out

10 Favorite Waterfalls Outside Yosemite in the S. F. Chronicle:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/13/SPGC1DTHJL.DTL&feed=rss.outdoors

Waterfall Lover’s Guide (Northern California), by Matt & Krissi Danielsson guidebook to 300 waterfalls in Northern California