Tallest Waterfalls in the US: Top 150 by Measured Drop, LakeQuality

#	Waterfall	Height	State	Type
1	Oloʻupena Falls	2,953 ft	Hawaii	tiered
2	Waihilau Falls	2,600 ft	Hawaii	horsetail
3	Yosemite Falls	2,425 ft	California	tiered
4	Kahiwa Falls	2,165 ft	Hawaii	tiered
5	Horsetail Fall	1,570 ft	California	horsetail
6	Hiʻilawe Falls	1,450 ft	Hawaii	plunge
7	Tokopah Falls	1,200 ft	California	cascade
8	Wapama Falls	1,080 ft	California	horsetail
9	Crabtree Falls	1,000 ft	Virginia	cascade
10	Tueeulala Falls	880 ft	California	horsetail
11	Waipoʻo Falls	800 ft	Hawaii	tiered
12	Horsetail Falls	800 ft	California	horsetail
13	Amicalola Falls	729 ft	Georgia	tiered
14	Multnomah Falls	620 ft	Oregon	tiered
15	Bridalveil Fall	617 ft	California	plunge
16	Bridal Veil Falls	607 ft	Utah	tiered
17	Bridal Veil Falls	600 ft	Alaska	tiered
18	Cochrans Falls	600 ft	Georgia	cascade
19	Nevada Fall	594 ft	California	horsetail
20	Bird Woman Falls	560 ft	Montana	horsetail
21	Big Falls	500 ft	California	tiered
22	ʻAkaka Falls	442 ft	Hawaii	plunge
23	Whitewater Falls	411 ft	North Carolina	tiered
24	Upper Whitewater Falls	411 ft	North Carolina	plunge
25	Whitewater Falls (Upper)	411 ft	North Carolina	cascade
26	Feather Falls	410 ft	California	plunge
27	Hickory Nut Falls	404 ft	North Carolina	horsetail
28	Waimoku Falls	400 ft	Hawaii	plunge
29	Mānāwaiopuna Falls (Jurassic Falls)	400 ft	Hawaii	plunge
30	Raven Cliff Falls	400 ft	South Carolina	tiered
31	Rainbow Falls	392 ft	Washington	tiered
32	Nugget Falls	377 ft	Alaska	tiered
33	Wallace Falls	367 ft	Washington	tiered
34	Wallace Falls (Middle Falls)	367 ft	Washington	tiered
35	Bridal Veil Falls	365 ft	Colorado	plunge
36	Spray Falls	354 ft	Washington	fan
37	Falls Creek Falls	335 ft	Washington	tiered
38	Horsetail Falls	328 ft	Alaska	horsetail
39	Comet Falls	320 ft	Washington	tiered
40	Munson Creek Falls	319 ft	Oregon	tiered
41	Vernal Fall	317 ft	California	block
42	Lower Yellowstone Falls	308 ft	Wyoming	plunge
43	Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River	308 ft	Wyoming	plunge
44	Umauma Falls	300 ft	Hawaii	tiered
45	Hanakāpīʻai Falls	300 ft	Hawaii	plunge
46	Nancy Cascades	300 ft	New Hampshire	tiered
47	Race Brook Falls	300 ft	Massachusetts	tiered
48	Continental Falls	300 ft	Colorado	cascade
49	Salt Creek Falls	286 ft	Oregon	plunge
50	Box Canyon Falls	285 ft	Colorado	plunge
51	Fish Creek Falls	283 ft	Colorado	plunge
52	Watson Falls	272 ft	Oregon	plunge
53	Roaring Brook Falls	270 ft	New York	tiered
54	Cascade Falls (Ouray)	270 ft	Colorado	horsetail
55	Snoqualmie Falls	268 ft	Washington	plunge
56	Kaaterskill Falls	260 ft	New York	tiered
57	Union Falls	260 ft	Wyoming	fan
58	Silver Falls	259 ft	Oregon	plunge
59	Fall Creek Falls	256 ft	Tennessee	plunge
60	Golden Falls	254 ft	Oregon	plunge
61	Silver Cascade	250 ft	New Hampshire	cascade
62	Moaʻula Falls	250 ft	Hawaii	tiered
63	Step Falls	250 ft	Maine	cascade
64	Kent Falls	250 ft	Connecticut	cascade
65	OK Slip Falls	250 ft	New York	plunge
66	Whitney Falls	250 ft	California	cascade
67	Florence Falls	250 ft	Montana	tiered
68	Wahkeena Falls	242 ft	Oregon	horsetail
69	Gorge Creek Falls	242 ft	Washington	tiered
70	Chilnualna Falls	240 ft	California	cascade
71	Proxy Falls	226 ft	Oregon	horsetail
72	Latourell Falls	224 ft	Oregon	plunge
73	Whiskeytown Falls	220 ft	California	tiered
74	Taughannock Falls	215 ft	New York	plunge
75	Elowah Falls	213 ft	Oregon	plunge
76	Shoshone Falls	212 ft	Idaho	block
77	Hemmed-In Hollow Falls	209 ft	Arkansas	plunge
78	Mary Jane Falls	200 ft	Nevada	horsetail
79	Cullasaja Falls	200 ft	North Carolina	cascade
80	Lower Whitewater Falls	200 ft	South Carolina	cascade
81	Apple Orchard Falls	200 ft	Virginia	cascade
82	Stewart Falls	200 ft	Utah	tiered
83	Mooney Falls	200 ft	Arizona	plunge
84	Makahiku Falls	200 ft	Hawaii	horsetail
85	Workman Creek Falls	200 ft	Arizona	horsetail
86	DeSoto Falls	200 ft	Georgia	tiered
87	Cascade Falls	200 ft	California	cascade
88	Bucking Mule Falls	200 ft	Wyoming	horsetail
89	Stone Mountain Falls	200 ft	North Carolina	cascade
90	Bent Mountain Falls	200 ft	Virginia	cascade
91	Hanawi Falls	200 ft	Hawaii	tiered
92	Lower Puohokamoa Falls	200 ft	Hawaii	plunge
93	Perrine Coulee Falls	197 ft	Idaho	plunge
94	Fairy Falls	197 ft	Wyoming	plunge
95	Narada Falls	188 ft	Washington	tiered
96	Tonto Natural Bridge Falls	187 ft	Arizona	plunge
97	Toccoa Falls	186 ft	Georgia	plunge
98	Grand Falls (Chocolate Falls)	185 ft	Arizona	tiered
99	Solomon Gulch Falls	183 ft	Alaska	cascade
100	Double Falls	178 ft	Oregon	tiered
101	Horsetail Falls	176 ft	Oregon	horsetail
102	Doane's Falls	175 ft	Massachusetts	tiered
103	Mill Creek Falls	173 ft	Oregon	plunge
104	Snow Creek Falls	170 ft	Idaho	tiered
105	Chittenango Falls	167 ft	New York	cascade
106	Buttermilk Falls	165 ft	New York	cascade
107	Buttermilk Falls (Ithaca)	165 ft	New York	cascade
108	Big Manitou Falls	165 ft	Wisconsin	plunge
109	Lemolo Falls	165 ft	Oregon	plunge
110	Copper Falls	160 ft	Idaho	plunge
111	Anna Ruby Falls	153 ft	Georgia	segmented
112	ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls	151 ft	Hawaii	plunge
113	Linville Falls	150 ft	North Carolina	tiered
114	Sitting Bull Falls	150 ft	New Mexico	plunge
115	High Falls	150 ft	North Carolina	cascade
116	Mānoa Falls	150 ft	Hawaii	plunge
117	Rainbow Falls	150 ft	North Carolina	cascade
118	Dukes Creek Falls	150 ft	Georgia	tiered
119	Apikuni Falls	150 ft	Montana	cascade
120	Skalkaho Falls	150 ft	Montana	cascade
121	Dunanda Falls	150 ft	Wyoming	plunge
122	Daniel Ridge Falls	150 ft	North Carolina	cascade
123	High Falls (Philmont)	150 ft	New York	tiered
124	Diamond Falls	148 ft	Arkansas	plunge
125	Arethusa Falls	140 ft	New Hampshire	horsetail
126	Statons Creek Falls	140 ft	Virginia	cascade
127	Thundering Brook Falls	140 ft	Vermont	cascade
128	Lower Eagle Falls	140 ft	California	cascade
129	Racehorse Falls	139 ft	Washington	tiered
130	Pratt's Falls	137 ft	New York	cascade
131	Burgess Falls	136 ft	Tennessee	cascade
132	Panther Creek Falls	136 ft	Washington	tiered
133	North Falls	136 ft	Oregon	plunge
134	Franklin Falls	135 ft	Washington	tiered
135	Twin Falls	135 ft	Washington	tiered
136	Triple Falls	135 ft	Oregon	segmented
137	Winter Falls	134 ft	Oregon	plunge
138	Grace's High Falls	133 ft	Alabama	horsetail
139	Tower Fall	132 ft	Wyoming	plunge
140	Mina Sauk Falls	132 ft	Missouri	tiered
141	Spokane Falls	130 ft	Washington	cascade
142	Pacheta Falls	130 ft	Arizona	plunge
143	Burney Falls	129 ft	California	fan
144	Wahclella Falls	127 ft	Oregon	tiered
145	Lower Calf Creek Falls	126 ft	Utah	horsetail
146	Henline Falls	126 ft	Oregon	fan
147	Glendale Falls	126 ft	Massachusetts	cascade
148	Twin Falls	125 ft	Idaho	block
149	Triple Falls	125 ft	North Carolina	tiered
150	Moss Glen Falls	125 ft	Vermont	cascade

Frequently Asked Questions

Oloʻupena Falls in Hawaii, at roughly 2,953 feet — a sea-cliff fall on Molokaʻi with no trail access, viewable only from the water or the air. On the mainland the tallest is Yosemite Falls in California at about 2,425 feet.

They come from published land-manager and survey records — National Park Service, US Forest Service, state park agencies, and USGS — not from our own measurement. Different sources sometimes disagree on where a multi-tier fall starts and stops, so treat close rankings as approximate. Falls with no published height are excluded from this ranking rather than estimated.

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