Cascade waterfalls

Water tumbles down a staircase of rock steps rather than a single drop. Below are the 82 cascade waterfalls in this guide, ranked by documented height.

By Reese Calder, Field Guide Editor · Updated Jun 22, 2026

#	Waterfall	State	Height	Type	Access
1	Tokopah Falls	California	1,200 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
2	Crabtree Falls	Virginia	1,000 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
3	Whitewater Falls (Upper)	North Carolina	411 ft	Cascade	Short hike
4	Silver Cascade	New Hampshire	250 ft	Cascade	Roadside
5	Step Falls	Maine	250 ft	Cascade	Short hike
6	Cullasaja Falls	North Carolina	200 ft	Cascade	Roadside
7	Lower Whitewater Falls	South Carolina	200 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
8	Apple Orchard Falls	Virginia	200 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
9	Chittenango Falls	New York	167 ft	Cascade	Short hike
10	Buttermilk Falls	New York	165 ft	Cascade	Short hike
11	Buttermilk Falls (Ithaca)	New York	165 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
12	High Falls	North Carolina	150 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
13	Spokane Falls	Washington	130 ft	Cascade	Roadside
14	Moss Glen Falls	Vermont	125 ft	Cascade	Short hike
15	Shell Falls	Wyoming	120 ft	Cascade	Roadside
16	Bridal Veil Falls	North Carolina	120 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
17	Mingo Falls	North Carolina	120 ft	Cascade	Short hike
18	Lucifer Falls	New York	115 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
19	Ramsey Cascades	Tennessee	105 ft	Cascade	Backcountry
20	Hidden Falls	Wyoming	100 ft	Cascade	Short hike
21	Catawba Falls	North Carolina	100 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
22	Minnehaha Falls	Georgia	100 ft	Cascade	Short hike
23	Rainbow Falls	New York	100 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
24	Thunderbird Falls	Alaska	100 ft	Cascade	Short hike
25	Falls of the Big Sioux River (Falls Park)	South Dakota	100 ft	Cascade	Roadside
26	Hurricane Falls	Georgia	96 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
27	Ganoga Falls	Pennsylvania	94 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
28	Overall Run Falls	Virginia	93 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
29	Kootenai Falls	Montana	90 ft	Cascade	Short hike
30	Bald River Falls	Tennessee	90 ft	Cascade	Roadside
31	South River Falls	Virginia	83 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
32	Galena Creek Falls	Nevada	82 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
33	Lewis Falls	Virginia	81 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
34	Lewis Falls (Lewis Spring Falls)	Virginia	81 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
35	Lands Run Falls	Virginia	80 ft	Cascade	Short hike
36	Cunningham Falls	Maryland	78 ft	Cascade	Short hike
37	Great Falls of the Potomac	Maryland	76 ft	Cascade	Short hike
38	Dark Hollow Falls	Virginia	70 ft	Cascade	Short hike
39	Gorman Falls	Texas	70 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
40	Berry Creek Falls	California	70 ft	Cascade	Backcountry
41	Mystic Falls	Wyoming	70 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
42	Rose River Falls	Virginia	67 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
43	Lower Mesa Falls	Idaho	65 ft	Cascade	Roadside
44	Popo Agie Falls	Wyoming	60 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
45	Cathedral Falls	West Virginia	60 ft	Cascade	Roadside
46	Glen Onoko Falls (Onoko Main Falls)	Pennsylvania	60 ft	Cascade	Backcountry
47	Blackwater Falls	West Virginia	57 ft	Cascade	Short hike
48	High Shoals Falls	Georgia	50 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
49	Cedar Falls	Ohio	50 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
50	Lulumahu Falls	Hawaii	50 ft	Cascade	Short hike
51	Willow Falls	Wisconsin	45 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
52	Cataract Falls (Upper Falls)	Indiana	45 ft	Cascade	Roadside
53	Fort Falls	Nebraska	45 ft	Cascade	Short hike
54	Rocky Falls	Missouri	40 ft	Cascade	Roadside
55	Ouzel Falls	Colorado	40 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
56	Holland Falls	Montana	40 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
57	Adams Falls	Pennsylvania	36 ft	Cascade	Roadside
58	Clark Creek Falls	Mississippi	30 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
59	Cascade Falls (Cascade River)	Minnesota	30 ft	Cascade	Short hike
60	Thunderhead Underground Falls	South Dakota	30 ft	Cascade	Short hike
61	Alberta Falls	Colorado	30 ft	Cascade	Short hike
62	Fossil Creek Falls	Arizona	25 ft	Cascade	Short hike
63	Dunnings Spring Falls	Iowa	25 ft	Cascade	Short hike
64	Hemlock Falls	New Jersey	25 ft	Cascade	Short hike
65	Amnicon Falls (Upper Falls)	Wisconsin	20 ft	Cascade	Short hike
66	Rio en Medio Falls	New Mexico	20 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
67	Rock Falls	Louisiana	17 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
68	Dog Slaughter Falls	Kentucky	15 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
69	Upper Falls (Amnicon Falls State Park)	Wisconsin	15 ft	Cascade	Roadside
70	Manido Falls	Michigan	15 ft	Cascade	Moderate hike
71	Price Falls	Oklahoma	15 ft	Cascade	Access varies
72	Steinhatchee Falls	Florida	5 ft	Cascade	Roadside
73	Kisatchie Falls	Louisiana	3 ft	Cascade	Short hike
74	Lamoille Falls	Nevada	—	Cascade	Short hike
75	Dunning's Spring Falls	Iowa	—	Cascade	Short hike
76	Teneriffe Falls (Kamikaze Falls)	Washington	—	Cascade	Moderate hike
77	Timberline Falls	Colorado	—	Cascade	Backcountry
78	Winner Creek Falls	Alaska	—	Cascade	Moderate hike
79	Cascade Falls	Maryland	—	Cascade	Short hike
80	Watkins Glen Gorge (Cavern Cascade & Rainbow Falls)	New York	—	Cascade	Moderate hike
81	Tanyard Creek Falls	Arkansas	—	Cascade	Short hike
82	Geary Falls	Kansas	—	Cascade	Short hike

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