Updated July 2026
Backcountry Waterfalls
43 documented US waterfalls in this category, tallest first.
- 43 falls
- Oloʻupena Falls · Hawaii · 2,953 ft
- Waihilau Falls · Hawaii · 2,600 ft
- Kahiwa Falls · Hawaii · 2,165 ft
- Hiʻilawe Falls · Hawaii · 1,450 ft
- Cochrans Falls · Georgia · 600 ft
- Mānāwaiopuna Falls (Jurassic Falls) · Hawaii · 400 ft
- Hanakāpīʻai Falls · Hawaii · 300 ft
- Union Falls · Wyoming · 260 ft
- Florence Falls · Montana · 250 ft
- Hemmed-In Hollow Falls · Arkansas · 209 ft
- Mooney Falls · Arizona · 200 ft
- Lower Puohokamoa Falls · Hawaii · 200 ft
- Dunanda Falls · Wyoming · 150 ft
- Diamond Falls · Arkansas · 148 ft
- Virgin Falls · Tennessee · 110 ft
- Ramsey Cascades · Tennessee · 105 ft
- Havasu Falls · Arizona · 100 ft
- Madrid Falls · Texas · 100 ft
- Deer Creek Falls · Arizona · 100 ft
- Sacred Falls (Kaliuwaʻa Falls) · Hawaii · 80 ft
- Berry Creek Falls · California · 70 ft
- Spray Falls · Michigan · 70 ft
- Glen Onoko Falls (Onoko Main Falls) · Pennsylvania · 60 ft
- Beaver Meadow Falls · New York · 60 ft
- Bowers Hollow Falls · Arkansas · 56 ft
- Alamere Falls · California · 40 ft
- Beaver Falls · Arizona · 40 ft
- Cooper Falls · Mississippi · 40 ft
- Resurrection Falls · Alaska · 40 ft
- Mint Spring Bayou Falls · Mississippi · 30 ft
- Big Bend Falls · South Carolina · 30 ft
- Seneca Falls · West Virginia · 30 ft
- Big Creek Cave Falls · Arkansas · 29 ft
- Twin Falls of Richland Creek · Arkansas · 19 ft
- Timberline Falls · Colorado
- Bridal Veil Falls · Idaho
- Otter Falls · Washington
- Richland Falls · Arkansas
- Brushy Creek Waterfall · Mississippi
- Honey Creek Falls · Tennessee
- Walls of Jericho Falls · Alabama
- Naked Creek Falls · Virginia
- Hanakoa Falls · Hawaii
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