Updated July 2026
Short Hike Waterfalls
396 documented US waterfalls in this category, tallest first.
- 396 falls
- Horsetail Fall · California · 1,570 ft
- Amicalola Falls · Georgia · 729 ft
- Multnomah Falls · Oregon · 620 ft
- Bridalveil Fall · California · 617 ft
- Big Falls · California · 500 ft
- ʻAkaka Falls · Hawaii · 442 ft
- Whitewater Falls · North Carolina · 411 ft
- Upper Whitewater Falls · North Carolina · 411 ft
- Whitewater Falls (Upper) · North Carolina · 411 ft
- Nugget Falls · Alaska · 377 ft
- Munson Creek Falls · Oregon · 319 ft
- Lower Yellowstone Falls · Wyoming · 308 ft
- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River · Wyoming · 308 ft
- Umauma Falls · Hawaii · 300 ft
- Box Canyon Falls · Colorado · 285 ft
- Fish Creek Falls · Colorado · 283 ft
- Watson Falls · Oregon · 272 ft
- Roaring Brook Falls · New York · 270 ft
- Cascade Falls (Ouray) · Colorado · 270 ft
- Silver Falls · Oregon · 259 ft
- Fall Creek Falls · Tennessee · 256 ft
- Golden Falls · Oregon · 254 ft
- Step Falls · Maine · 250 ft
- Kent Falls · Connecticut · 250 ft
- Proxy Falls · Oregon · 226 ft
- Latourell Falls · Oregon · 224 ft
- Taughannock Falls · New York · 215 ft
- Elowah Falls · Oregon · 213 ft
- Makahiku Falls · Hawaii · 200 ft
- Cascade Falls · California · 200 ft
- Perrine Coulee Falls · Idaho · 197 ft
- Narada Falls · Washington · 188 ft
- Tonto Natural Bridge Falls · Arizona · 187 ft
- Grand Falls (Chocolate Falls) · Arizona · 185 ft
- Double Falls · Oregon · 178 ft
- Doane's Falls · Massachusetts · 175 ft
- Mill Creek Falls · Oregon · 173 ft
- Snow Creek Falls · Idaho · 170 ft
- Chittenango Falls · New York · 167 ft
- Buttermilk Falls · New York · 165 ft
- Big Manitou Falls · Wisconsin · 165 ft
- Copper Falls · Idaho · 160 ft
- Anna Ruby Falls · Georgia · 153 ft
- Sitting Bull Falls · New Mexico · 150 ft
- Mānoa Falls · Hawaii · 150 ft
- Apikuni Falls · Montana · 150 ft
- Daniel Ridge Falls · North Carolina · 150 ft
- High Falls (Philmont) · New York · 150 ft
- Thundering Brook Falls · Vermont · 140 ft
- Lower Eagle Falls · California · 140 ft
- Racehorse Falls · Washington · 139 ft
- Pratt's Falls · New York · 137 ft
- Panther Creek Falls · Washington · 136 ft
- North Falls · Oregon · 136 ft
- Franklin Falls · Washington · 135 ft
- Twin Falls · Washington · 135 ft
- Burney Falls · California · 129 ft
- Wahclella Falls · Oregon · 127 ft
- Henline Falls · Oregon · 126 ft
- Glendale Falls · Massachusetts · 126 ft
- Triple Falls · North Carolina · 125 ft
- Moss Glen Falls · Vermont · 125 ft
- Big Creek Falls · Washington · 125 ft
- Mingo Falls · North Carolina · 120 ft
- Boulder River Falls (Feature Show Falls) · Washington · 120 ft
- Soco Falls · North Carolina · 120 ft
- Brasstown Falls · South Carolina · 120 ft
- Holcomb Creek Falls · Georgia · 120 ft
- Salmon Creek Falls · California · 120 ft
- Rensselaerville Falls · New York · 120 ft
- Kulaniapia Falls · Hawaii · 120 ft
- Bridal Veil Falls · Oregon · 118 ft
- Kings Bluff Falls · Arkansas · 114 ft
- Yahoo Falls · Kentucky · 113 ft
- Toketee Falls · Oregon · 113 ft
- Tamanawas Falls · Oregon · 110 ft
- Ozone Falls · Tennessee · 110 ft
- Superior Falls · Wisconsin · 110 ft
- Bassi Falls · California · 109 ft
- Treasure Falls · Colorado · 105 ft
- Pinard Falls · Oregon · 105 ft
- DeSoto Falls · Alabama · 104 ft
- Hidden Falls · Wyoming · 100 ft
- Bushkill Falls (Main Falls) · Pennsylvania · 100 ft
- Laughing Whitefish Falls · Michigan · 100 ft
- Helton Creek Falls · Georgia · 100 ft
- Minnehaha Falls · Georgia · 100 ft
- Burden Falls · Illinois · 100 ft
- Thunderbird Falls · Alaska · 100 ft
- Nambe Falls · New Mexico · 100 ft
- Roaring Fork Falls · North Carolina · 100 ft
- Issaqueena Falls · South Carolina · 100 ft
- Ripley Falls · New Hampshire · 100 ft
- Ferne Clyffe Falls (Big Rocky Hollow) · Illinois · 100 ft
- Punalau Falls · Hawaii · 100 ft
- Moon Falls · Oregon · 100 ft
- Limekiln Falls · California · 100 ft
- Fallingwater Cascades · Virginia · 100 ft
- Kahuna Falls · Hawaii · 100 ft
- Ferne Clyffe Falls · Illinois · 100 ft
- Bingham Falls · Vermont · 91 ft
- Moxie Falls · Maine · 90 ft
- Marymere Falls · Washington · 90 ft
- Kootenai Falls · Montana · 90 ft
- Angel Falls · Maine · 90 ft
- Carpenter Falls · New York · 90 ft
- Ash Cave Falls · Ohio · 90 ft
- Potato River Falls · Wisconsin · 90 ft
- Saxon Falls · Wisconsin · 90 ft
- Dead River Falls · Michigan · 90 ft
- Ponytail Falls · Oregon · 88 ft
- Curly Creek Falls · Washington · 86 ft
- Cane Creek Falls · Tennessee · 85 ft
- Sweden Creek Falls · Arkansas · 81 ft
- McWay Falls · California · 80 ft
- Paulina Falls · Oregon · 80 ft
- Palisade Falls · Montana · 80 ft
- Twin Falls · Tennessee · 80 ft
- Lands Run Falls · Virginia · 80 ft
- Diana's Baths · New Hampshire · 80 ft
- Corlieu Falls · California · 80 ft
- Garden Creek Falls · Wyoming · 80 ft
- Tom Branch Falls · North Carolina · 80 ft
- Laurel Falls · Tennessee · 80 ft
- Mine Kill Falls · New York · 80 ft
- Tannery Falls · Massachusetts · 80 ft
- Roaring Brook Falls · Connecticut · 80 ft
- Wraith Falls · Wyoming · 79 ft
- Cunningham Falls · Maryland · 78 ft
- Butte Creek Falls · Oregon · 78 ft
- Turner Falls · Oklahoma · 77 ft
- Natural Falls · Oklahoma · 77 ft
- Natural Falls (Dripping Springs Falls) · Oklahoma · 77 ft
- Great Falls of the Potomac · Maryland · 76 ft
- Dry Falls · North Carolina · 75 ft
- Sable Falls · Michigan · 75 ft
- Twin Falls (Eastatoe) · South Carolina · 75 ft
- Twin Falls · South Carolina · 75 ft
- Drift Creek Falls · Oregon · 75 ft
- Upper Eagle Falls · California · 75 ft
- Tanque Verde Falls · Arizona · 75 ft
- White River Falls · Oregon · 75 ft
- San Antonio Falls · California · 75 ft
- Porcupine Falls · Wyoming · 75 ft
- Falling Waters Falls · Florida · 73 ft
- Myrtle Falls · Washington · 72 ft
- Rifle Falls · Colorado · 70 ft
- Jemez Falls · New Mexico · 70 ft
- Dark Hollow Falls · Virginia · 70 ft
- Potem Falls · California · 70 ft
- Sweet Creek Falls · Oregon · 70 ft
- Rocky Mouth Falls · Utah · 70 ft
- Sycamore Falls · Arizona · 70 ft
- King Creek Falls · South Carolina · 70 ft
- Dunn's Falls · Mississippi · 65 ft
- Brandywine Falls · Ohio · 65 ft
- Peavine Falls · Alabama · 65 ft
- Alelele Falls · Hawaii · 65 ft
- Glen Ellis Falls · New Hampshire · 64 ft
- Koosah Falls · Oregon · 64 ft
- Smith Falls · Nebraska · 63 ft
- Foster Falls · Tennessee · 60 ft
- Gooseberry Falls (Lower Falls) · Minnesota · 60 ft
- Awosting Falls · New York · 60 ft
- Bash Bish Falls · Massachusetts · 60 ft
- Toms Creek Falls · North Carolina · 60 ft
- Deckertown Falls · New York · 60 ft
- Sanderson Brook Falls · Massachusetts · 60 ft
- Spirit Falls · Oregon · 60 ft
- Douglas Falls · North Carolina · 60 ft
- Second Falls · North Carolina · 60 ft
- Wildcat Falls · North Carolina · 60 ft
- Northrup Falls · Tennessee · 60 ft
- Broke Leg Falls · Kentucky · 60 ft
- Station Cove Falls · South Carolina · 60 ft
- Blackwater Falls · West Virginia · 57 ft
- Cowshed Falls · New York · 56 ft
- Jump Creek Falls · Idaho · 55 ft
- Adams Falls · Colorado · 55 ft
- Setrock Creek Falls · North Carolina · 55 ft
- South Mineral Creek Falls · Colorado · 55 ft
- Muddy Creek Falls · Maryland · 53 ft
- Minnehaha Falls · Minnesota · 53 ft
- Eden Falls (Lower) · Arkansas · 53 ft
- Ousel Falls · Montana · 50 ft
- Greeter Falls · Tennessee · 50 ft
- Hamilton Pool Falls · Texas · 50 ft
- Susan Creek Falls · Oregon · 50 ft
- Pedernales Falls · Texas · 50 ft
- Greeter Falls (Lower) · Tennessee · 50 ft
- Campbell Falls · Connecticut · 50 ft
- Munising Falls · Michigan · 50 ft
- Miners Falls · Michigan · 50 ft
- Lulumahu Falls · Hawaii · 50 ft
- Granite Falls · Wyoming · 50 ft
- Bridal Veil Falls · Arkansas · 50 ft
- Moore Cove Falls · North Carolina · 50 ft
- Spoonauger Falls · South Carolina · 50 ft
- Long Slide Falls · Wisconsin · 50 ft
- Char Falls · Idaho · 50 ft
- Elk River Falls · North Carolina · 50 ft
- Dill Falls · North Carolina · 50 ft
- Trahlyta Falls · Georgia · 50 ft
- Shelving Rock Falls · New York · 50 ft
- Tinker Falls · New York · 50 ft
- Partridge Falls · Minnesota · 50 ft
- Sol Duc Falls · Washington · 48 ft
- Tahquamenon Falls (Upper Falls) · Michigan · 48 ft
- Triple Falls (Twin Falls at Camp Orr) · Arkansas · 48 ft
- Little Spearfish Falls · South Dakota · 47 ft
- Faery Falls · California · 46 ft
- Little River Falls · Alabama · 45 ft
- Cascade Falls (Matthiessen State Park) · Illinois · 45 ft
- Fort Falls · Nebraska · 45 ft
- Courthouse Falls · North Carolina · 45 ft
- Waimea Falls · Hawaii · 45 ft
- Bridal Veil Falls · New Mexico · 45 ft
- Avalanche Falls · New Hampshire · 45 ft
- French Canyon Falls · Illinois · 45 ft
- Ottawa Canyon Falls · Illinois · 45 ft
- Middle McCloud Falls · California · 44 ft
- Eagle Cliff Falls · New York · 41 ft
- Running Eagle Falls · Montana · 40 ft
- Westcave Falls · Texas · 40 ft
- St. Louis Canyon Falls · Illinois · 40 ft
- Little Falls · Nevada · 40 ft
- Illgen Falls · Minnesota · 40 ft
- Rainbow Falls (Black River) · Michigan · 40 ft
- Coker Creek Falls · Tennessee · 40 ft
- Stony Brook Lower Falls · New York · 40 ft
- Old City Falls · Vermont · 40 ft
- Hickory Canyons Falls · Missouri · 40 ft
- Waikamoi Falls · Hawaii · 40 ft
- Beaver Falls · Alaska · 40 ft
- Beeds Lake Spillway Falls · Iowa · 40 ft
- Agate Falls · Michigan · 39 ft
- Sabbaday Falls · New Hampshire · 38 ft
- Pam's Grotto Falls · Arkansas · 37 ft
- Charleston Falls · Ohio · 37 ft
- Texas Falls · Vermont · 35 ft
- Elakala Falls · West Virginia · 35 ft
- Douglas Falls · West Virginia · 35 ft
- St. Mary Falls · Montana · 35 ft
- Carlon Falls · California · 35 ft
- Caribou Falls · Minnesota · 35 ft
- Conasauga Falls · Tennessee · 35 ft
- Hayden Falls · Ohio · 35 ft
- Gorge Falls (Black River) · Michigan · 34 ft
- Flat Lick Falls · Kentucky · 33 ft
- Cossatot Falls · Arkansas · 33 ft
- Houston Brook Falls · Maine · 32 ft
- Zapata Falls · Colorado · 30 ft
- Hedge Creek Falls · California · 30 ft
- Cascade Falls (Cascade River) · Minnesota · 30 ft
- Brownstone Falls · Wisconsin · 30 ft
- Thunderhead Underground Falls · South Dakota · 30 ft
- Alberta Falls · Colorado · 30 ft
- Donut Falls · Utah · 30 ft
- Cucumber Falls · Pennsylvania · 30 ft
- Lisa Falls · Utah · 30 ft
- Big Falls (Old Stone Fort) · Tennessee · 30 ft
- Cheaha Falls · Alabama · 30 ft
- Roaring Run Falls · Virginia · 30 ft
- Enders Falls · Connecticut · 30 ft
- Lower Cataract Falls · Indiana · 30 ft
- Indian Creek Falls · North Carolina · 30 ft
- Spruce Flats Falls · Tennessee · 30 ft
- Sea Creek Falls · Georgia · 30 ft
- Big Branch Falls · West Virginia · 30 ft
- Eternal Flame Falls · New York · 30 ft
- Lower Purgatory Falls · New Hampshire · 30 ft
- Little Manitou Falls · Wisconsin · 30 ft
- Great Conglomerate Falls · Michigan · 30 ft
- Potawatomi Falls · Michigan · 30 ft
- Copper Falls · Wisconsin · 29 ft
- Coal Creek Falls · Washington · 28 ft
- Sandstone Falls · West Virginia · 25 ft
- Gooseberry Falls (Middle Falls) · Minnesota · 25 ft
- Brush Creek Falls · West Virginia · 25 ft
- Fossil Creek Falls · Arizona · 25 ft
- Manabezho Falls · Michigan · 25 ft
- Dunnings Spring Falls · Iowa · 25 ft
- Hemlock Falls · New Jersey · 25 ft
- Shadow Falls · Idaho · 25 ft
- Beecher and Pearl Cascades · New Hampshire · 25 ft
- Cascade Falls (Osceola) · Wisconsin · 25 ft
- Upper McCloud Falls · California · 25 ft
- Chasm Falls · Colorado · 25 ft
- Hawk Falls · Pennsylvania · 25 ft
- Barbara Falls · Alaska · 25 ft
- Honey Run Falls · Ohio · 25 ft
- Amnicon Falls (Upper Falls) · Wisconsin · 20 ft
- Heart Rock Falls · California · 20 ft
- Princess Falls · Kentucky · 20 ft
- Upper Falls of Holly River · West Virginia · 20 ft
- Mill Creek Falls (Kumbrabow) · West Virginia · 20 ft
- Choke Creek Falls · Pennsylvania · 20 ft
- Boonton Falls · New Jersey · 20 ft
- Hoʻopiʻi Falls · Hawaii · 20 ft
- Tropic Ditch Falls (Mossy Cave) · Utah · 20 ft
- Mill Creek Falls (Hawks Nest) · West Virginia · 20 ft
- Buttermilk Falls (Long Lake) · New York · 20 ft
- Sugar Run Falls · Pennsylvania · 20 ft
- Kapena Falls · Hawaii · 20 ft
- Likeke Falls · Hawaii · 20 ft
- Puaʻa Kaʻa Falls · Hawaii · 20 ft
- Rock Falls (Sicily Island Falls) · Louisiana · 17 ft
- Kilgore Falls · Maryland · 17 ft
- Swallow Falls · Maryland · 16 ft
- Amnicon Falls (Upper and Lower) · Wisconsin · 15 ft
- McKinney Falls · Texas · 15 ft
- Comers Creek Falls · Virginia · 15 ft
- Nawadaha Falls · Michigan · 15 ft
- Great Falls of Tinker's Creek · Ohio · 15 ft
- Big Run Falls · West Virginia · 15 ft
- Virgin Creek Falls · Alaska · 15 ft
- Hooker Falls · North Carolina · 14 ft
- Butcher Falls · Kansas · 14 ft
- Anderson Falls · Indiana · 12 ft
- Lower McCloud Falls · California · 12 ft
- DeBord Falls · Tennessee · 12 ft
- Creation Falls · Kentucky · 12 ft
- Riley Moore Falls · South Carolina · 12 ft
- Panther Falls · Virginia · 10 ft
- Dave's Falls · Wisconsin · 10 ft
- Tecumseh Falls · West Virginia · 10 ft
- Stone Creek Falls · Nebraska · 6 ft
- Brooks Falls · Alaska · 6 ft
- Kisatchie Falls · Louisiana · 3 ft
- Lost Creek Falls · Nevada
- Lamoille Falls · Nevada
- Twin Falls · Hawaii
- Dunning's Spring Falls · Iowa
- Snake River Falls · Nebraska
- Battle Creek Falls · Utah
- Cascade Falls · Maryland
- Tanyard Creek Falls · Arkansas
- Twin Falls (Wailele / Hoʻolawa) · Hawaii
- Geary Falls · Kansas
- Cascade Falls · Utah
- Pine Creek Falls · Montana
- Water Wheel Falls · Arizona
- Catwalk Falls (Whitewater Canyon) · New Mexico
- Travertine Falls · New Mexico
- Bluff Springs Waterfall · New Mexico
- El Salto del Agua Falls · New Mexico
- Chalk Ridge Falls · Texas
- Cache Creek Falls · Oklahoma
- Prairie Hollow Gorge Falls · Missouri
- Devil's Den Falls · Alabama
- Tolliver Falls · Maryland
- Tea Cup Falls (Tillman Ravine) · New Jersey
- Terrill Gorge (Cady Falls) · Vermont
- Hidden Falls (Temperance River) · Minnesota
- Lower Tahquamenon Falls · Michigan
- Wagner Falls · Michigan
- Bridal Veil Falls (Bedford Reservation) · Ohio
- Bridal Veil Falls (Pikes Peak State Park) · Iowa
- Lower Reid Falls · Alaska
- Bear Creek Falls · Mississippi
- Owens Creek Waterfall · Mississippi
- Devil's Millhopper Sinkhole Waterfalls · Florida
- Hidden Waters Preserve Ravine Falls · Florida
- Werner-Boyce Salt Springs Tidal Waterfall · Florida
- Rainbow Springs Waterfalls · Florida
- Judd Falls · Colorado
- Grotto Falls · Utah
- Lost Creek Falls · Utah
- Woodbine Falls · Montana
- Memorial Falls · Montana
- Ellison Creek Cascades · Arizona
- First Creek Falls · Nevada
- Cathedral Rock Falls · Nevada
- Pine Creek Falls (Tonto) · Arizona
- Emory Gap Falls · Tennessee
- Buttermilk Falls (Beaver County) · Pennsylvania
- Hacklebarney Falls · New Jersey
- Chapel Falls · Massachusetts
- Smalley Falls · Wisconsin
- Veterans Falls · Wisconsin
- Sandstone Falls · Michigan
- Greenstone Falls · Michigan
- Two Step Falls · Minnesota
- Vermilion Falls · Minnesota
- Falls Branch Falls · Arkansas
- Castor River Shut-Ins · Missouri
- Post Oak Falls · Oklahoma
- Boykin Springs Falls · Texas
- Cibolo Creek Falls · Texas
- Onomea Falls · Hawaii
- Indian Run Falls · Ohio
- Cedar Falls (McCormick's Creek) · Indiana
- Silver Cascade Falls (Shades State Park) · Indiana
- Jackson Falls · Illinois
- Backbone Falls (Spillway) · Iowa
- Stone Creek Falls (Platte River State Park) · Nebraska
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