Waterfalls around Mt. Diablo
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Mount Diablo State Park
Unnamed creek flowing southwest from Eagle Peak
Unnamed creek flowing southwest from Eagle Peak
- Waterfall on the southwest side of Eagle Peak at (37.89935, -121.94031):
taken 2010-01-23:
taken 2012-03-15:
The first photo was taken from Mitchell Canyon Road. The second (completely dry) from close up. I recommend viewing it from the road only - I started several rockslides while getting closer. It doesn't have a well-defined bottom, so the height estimate is somewhat arbitrary.
Beauty: 7
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 184 feet
Number of drops 3
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2012-03-15
id: diablo.1
Unnamed creek flowing south from the ridge just south of Eagle Peak
- waterfall at (37.89655, -121.93749):
taken 2010-01-23:
taken 2012-03-15:
The first photo was taken from Mitchell Canyon Road. The second from close up. I recommend viewing it from the road only.
Beauty: 6
Beauty: 7.5 (including beauty of the hike to the falls)
Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
Height 140 feet give or take 10 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2012-03-15
id: diablo.2
Unnamed creek flowing east from the ridge just north of Eagle Peak toward the Meridian Point Trail
- waterfall at (37.903852, -121.932016):
taken 2014-12-17:
taken 2021-12-30:
near the bottom of these images taken from the Meridian Point Rd taken 2011-03-20:
Videos:
As of 2021, I saw a cave to the left of the waterfall that I don't recall from prior visits.
Beauty: 6
Duration: 5 days after a significant rainfall
Height 49 feet (broadly defined)
Height 35 feet
Biggest vertical drop 6 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2021-12-30
id: diablo.3
- waterfall at (37.903845, -121.932803):
taken 2014-12-17:
Video:
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 5 days after a significant rainfall
Height 9 feet
Biggest vertical drop 4 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2014-12-17
id: diablo.18
- waterfall at (37.904454, -121.935338):
taken 2014-12-17:
Video:
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 30 feet
Biggest vertical drop 1 feet
Terrain: talus fields with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2014-12-17
id: diablo.19
Unnamed creek flowing east from Eagle Peak
- waterfall at (37.903883, -121.934806):
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 27 feet
Biggest vertical drop 12 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2021-12-30
id: diablo.97
Unnamed creek flowing east from the ridge just south of Eagle Peak
- waterfall at (37.901488, -121.934788):
taken 2014-12-17:
Videos:
I used the gps coordinates of Diablo waterfall 23; this one is less than 50 feet to the north. The 2nd video shows both.
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 30 feet (broadly defined)
Height 15 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2014-12-17
id: diablo.24
Unnamed creek flowing east from the ridge a bit south of Eagle Peak
- waterfall at (37.901973, -121.936232):
taken 2014-12-17:
Video:
The terrain is dangerous enough that I don't want to visit it again. The area for about 200 feet above this is mostly steep enough to be classified as waterfall(s), but without enough water to be worth attention.
Beauty: 5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 70 feet
Biggest vertical drop 10 feet
Terrain: talus fields with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2014-12-17
id: diablo.20
- waterfall at (37.901571, -121.935795):
taken 2014-12-17:
Video:
Seen from the confluence with the creek just south of it. It might extend farther up out of sight from the bottom, but I don't think there's a safe route to see.
Beauty: 6.5
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 58 feet (broadly defined)
Height 22 feet
Biggest vertical drop 10 feet
Terrain: streambed with some difficulties
Last visited 2014-12-17
id: diablo.21
Unnamed creek flowing east from the ridge south of Eagle Peak
- waterfall at (37.901833, -121.935029):
taken 2014-12-17:
Video:
Beauty: 6
Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
Height 15 feet
Biggest vertical drop 6 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2014-12-17
id: diablo.22
- waterfall at (37.901488, -121.934788):
taken 2014-12-17:
Video:
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
Height 19 feet
Biggest vertical drop 12 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2014-12-17
id: diablo.23
Unnamed creek flowing north from just west of Prospectors Gap into Donner Canyon
- waterfall at (37.898063, -121.916296):
Name: Donner Creek Falls #5
gps coordinates estimated from map, reliability unknown
taken 2019-03-21:
Videos:
When it's flowing well, it's readily visible from the part of the Falls trail that's a quarter mile to the north. It is well hidden from the closer parts of the Falls trail.
This creek must come from a drainage area with deeper soil than the other Donner Canyon falls, because it starts flowing later in the season than neighboring creeks, and continues flowing later.
I must have seen this waterfall many times from the distance, but often confused it with Donner Creek Falls #4. Even after deciding it was a separate waterfall, I had trouble finding a closer view of it. I didn't get a good estimate of the height this time, due to a dead range-finder battery.
Beauty: 8.5
Duration: 40 days after a significant rainfall
Height 25 feet
Biggest vertical drop 12 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
route: I'm keeping my route secret, as I worry that it would get more traffic than the terrain can handle. I'll tell you what not to do: I once tried to follow the creek to look for waterfalls on it, but gave up without finding this due to the thick brush.
Last visited 2019-03-21
id: diablo.92
Unnamed creek flowing north from just north of Prospectors Gap into Donner Canyon
Unnamed creek flowing northwest from somewhat north of Prospectors Gap into Donner Canyon
- waterfall at (37.894792, -121.910441):
upper part taken 2019-03-07:
lower slide:
taken 2011-03-20:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 25 feet
Biggest vertical drop 8 feet
Number of drops 2
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
route: I followed the creek up from the Falls trail
Last visited 2019-03-07
id: diablo.90
- waterfall at (37.894467, -121.910392):
taken 2019-03-07:
taken 2011-03-20:
Video:
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 18 feet (broadly defined)
Height 12 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Number of drops 2
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
route: I followed the creek up from the Falls trail
Last visited 2019-03-07
id: diablo.91
Unnamed creek flowing northwest from the intersection of North Peak Rd and the North Peak Trail
- waterfall at (37.89719, -121.90948):
taken 2011-03-20:
I didn't find a good view of this. It appears to become vertical about where it disappears near that tree. It's right where this creek joins the creek to its north
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 7 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2011-03-20
id: diablo.11
- waterfall at (37.89543, -121.90834):
taken 2011-03-20:
view from a ridge 1/4 mile north:
view from near Mt Olympia Rd:
view from near Mt Olympia Rd showing it above and to the right of Wild Oat Falls:
view of the quasi-waterfall just downstream (the waterfall is hiding in the cliff to the right of the visible part of the creek:
Video:
Beauty: 8.5
Duration: 7 days after a significant rainfall
Height 30 feet
Biggest vertical drop 6 feet
Terrain: cliffs
route: Please admire it from one of the ridges to the north. I reached the falls by crossing the creek above the falls and descending on the southwest side. Do NOT do that. If there's a route to it that's not unusually dangerous, it's likely to involve descending through some trees that show in the last photo directly above the part of the creek that is visible in that photo.
Last visited 2011-03-20
id: diablo.12
- waterfall at (37.89856, -121.91110):
Name: Donner Creek Falls #3
taken 2012-04-11:
lower half:
middle and upper parts:
Videos:
Beauty: 9
Duration: 20 days after a significant rainfall
Height 58 feet give or take 4 feet
Biggest vertical drop 20 feet
Number of drops 2
Terrain: unofficial trail, some difficulties
For more info, see:
http://www.waterfallswest.com/waterfall.php?id=208
route: Take the Falls Trail starting on the east side. This fall is just upstream of the second of two close stream crossings. There's a crude trail on the left side of the creek, hard to see because it starts out over steep bedrock. It is also possible (but not easy) to scramble up from the first stream crossing to a steep rocky ridge that provides a view of much of it.
Last visited 2012-04-11
id: diablo.15
- waterfall at (37.893804, -121.906711):
taken 2023-01-06:
there is likely another waterfall upstream from this, but the terrain was difficult enough to discourage me
Beauty: 6
Duration: 2.5 days after a significant rainfall
Height 12 feet
Biggest vertical drop 8 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with moderate brush
route: I got there by traversing from diablo #10, then heading upstream. I continued uphill from here - that was steep enough that I advise against it.
Last visited 2023-01-06
id: diablo.98
Unnamed creek flowing from North Peak to the bottom of Wild Oat Canyon
- waterfall at (37.89691, -121.90813):
taken 2011-03-20:
Videos:
Beauty: 7.5
Duration: 10 days after a significant rainfall
Height 15 feet (broadly defined)
Height 13 feet
Biggest vertical drop 7 feet
Number of drops 1
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2011-03-20
id: diablo.9
- waterfall at (37.89593, -121.90581):
taken 2011-03-20:
This has no clear-cut bottom. My investigation was hasty due to light hail and limited time to cross the difficult terrain to a more promising waterfall.
Beauty: 5
Duration: 10 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2011-03-20
id: diablo.10
Wild Oat Canyon Creek flowing west from the saddle just south of Mt Olympia
- waterfall at (37.89905, -121.90810):
Name: Wild Oat Falls
taken 2016-03-15:
taken 2011-03-20:
from the ridge just west of Mt Olympia Rd:
wider view from the same spot, with another 30 foot waterfall visible in the distance (higher and to the right):
Video:
Can also be seen from Meridian Ridge Rd (more than a half mile to its west
Beauty: 9
Duration: 12 days after a significant rainfall
Height 53 feet give or take 5 feet
Biggest vertical drop 20 feet
Number of drops 1
Terrain: steep grassy slope
route: from where Mt Olympia Rd starts up a ridge that sticks out to the west of Mt Olympia, walk a short way west on the ridge, and if it's flowing enough to be worth getting closer you will easily spot it to your southeast. You can head roughly straight toward the bottom end of it.
Last visited 2016-03-15
id: diablo.8
- waterfall at (37.897022, -121.901448):
taken 2017-02-10:
Video:
Beauty: 4
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: well-maintained trail
Last visited 2017-02-10
id: diablo.79
Unnamed creek flowing west from Mt Olympia into Wild Oat Canyon
- waterfall at (37.89940, -121.90692):
taken 2011-03-20:
the lower part:
the upper part:
shown on the left, with Wild Oat Falls on the right:
this is probably best described as two 15 foot falls
Beauty: 6.5
Beauty: 8 (including beauty of the hike to the falls)
Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
Height 80 feet (broadly defined)
Height 15 feet
Biggest vertical drop 6 feet
Number of drops 2
Terrain: steep grassy slope
route: from where Mt Olympia Rd starts up a ridge that sticks out to the west of Mt Olympia, head toward Wild Oat Falls (south-southeast)
Last visited 2011-03-20
id: diablo.7
Donner Creek
- waterfall at (37.89901, -121.91324):
Name: Donner Creek Falls #2
taken 2012-04-11:
the upper fall:
Mostly visible from the Falls Trail. A closer approach didn't appear to be worth the effort.
Beauty: 7
Duration: 30 days after a significant rainfall
Height 15 feet
Number of drops 1
Terrain: well-maintained trail
For more info, see:
http://www.waterfallswest.com/waterfall.php?id=208
Last visited 2012-04-11
id: diablo.16
- waterfall at (37.899375, -121.913847):
Name: Donner Creek Falls #1
gps coordinates estimated from map, reliability unknown
taken 2012-04-11:
the lower fall:
Video:
Visible from the Falls Trail. A closer approach didn't appear to be worth the effort.
Beauty: 7
Duration: 30 days after a significant rainfall
Height 15 feet
Terrain: well-maintained trail
For more info, see:
http://www.waterfallswest.com/waterfall.php?id=208
Last visited 2012-04-11
id: diablo.17
Unnamed creek flowing south from just west of North Peak
- waterfall at (37.890430, -121.901499):
taken 2017-02-10:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 15 feet
Biggest vertical drop 6 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2017-02-10
id: diablo.80
Unnamed creek flowing south from North Peak
- waterfall at (37.890804, -121.900350):
taken 2017-02-10:
Video:
Beauty: 6.5
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 30 feet
Biggest vertical drop 5 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2017-02-10
id: diablo.81
- waterfall at (37.8912, -121.900350):
gps coordinates estimated from map, reliability unknown
taken 2017-02-10:
Video:
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Biggest vertical drop 8 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2017-02-10
id: diablo.82
Unnamed creek west fork of Dunn Creek?
- waterfall at (37.905014, -121.892235):
taken 2015-02-09:
taken 2017-02-10:
Videos:
Visible from a flat area along Quarry Road, just south of Wise Rd
Beauty: 7
Duration: 9 days after a significant rainfall
Height 32 feet give or take 3 feet
Biggest vertical drop 10 feet
Terrain: well-maintained fire road
Last visited 2015-02-09
id: diablo.25
- waterfall at (37.905235, -121.891964):
taken 2015-02-09:
bottom:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 9 days after a significant rainfall
Height 19 feet give or take 2 feet
Biggest vertical drop 4 feet
Terrain: vague hints of a trail
Last visited 2015-02-09
id: diablo.26
- waterfall at (37.904003, -121.892743):
taken 2017-02-10:
Video:
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 8 days after a significant rainfall
Height 11 feet
Biggest vertical drop 5 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2017-02-10
id: diablo.73
- waterfall at (37.903741, -121.893247):
taken 2017-02-10:
Video:
Beauty: 6
Duration: 8 days after a significant rainfall
Height 12 feet
Biggest vertical drop 10 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2017-02-10
id: diablo.74
- waterfall at (37.903401, -121.894185):
taken 2017-02-10:
Videos:
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 7 days after a significant rainfall
Height 18 feet
Biggest vertical drop 4 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2017-02-10
id: diablo.75
- waterfall at (37.902592, -121.896198):
taken 2017-02-10:
Video:
Beauty: 6
Duration: 7 days after a significant rainfall
Height 24 feet
Biggest vertical drop 6 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2017-02-10
id: diablo.76
- waterfall at (37.901475, -121.899438):
taken 2017-02-10:
Video:
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 4 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Biggest vertical drop 5 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2017-02-10
id: diablo.78
Unnamed creek flowing northeast from the saddle between Mt Olympia and North Peak
- waterfall at (37.900924, -121.898570):
taken 2017-02-10:
Video:
The creek splits into two here briefly, with much of the water bypassing the waterfall
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 12 feet
Biggest vertical drop 8 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2017-02-10
id: diablo.77
Dunn Creek
- waterfall at (37.904398, -121.890581):
taken 2015-02-09:
Videos:
Due to difficult terrain and poison oak, I don't recommend visiting this
Beauty: 6
Duration: 14 days after a significant rainfall
Height 22 feet give or take 2 feet
Biggest vertical drop 9 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2015-02-09
id: diablo.27
- waterfall at (37.904209, -121.890577):
taken 2015-02-09:
Video:
Beauty: 7
Duration: 14 days after a significant rainfall
Height 31 feet
Biggest vertical drop 3 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
route: approach from upstream
Last visited 2015-02-09
id: diablo.28
- waterfall at (37.903831, -121.890585):
lower parts taken 2015-02-09:
upper section:
Videos:
Visible from Three Springs Road, and from Wise Road (just downhill from the intersection with the Quicksilver trail)
Beauty: 8.5
Duration: 14 days after a significant rainfall
Height 68 feet
Biggest vertical drop 8 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
route: Take the Ridgeline trail (just west of Rhyne Mine) to its top. At the sign which says end of trail, turn right. Follow remnants of a road that goes west for about 0.2 mile. After I lost track of the road at a stream, I continued traversing on deer trails to the next stream, then headed northwest over the next ridge. Descending from that ridge to the waterfall was a bit hard, and I probably haven't find the best route yet.
Last visited 2015-02-09
id: diablo.29
- waterfall at (37.900327, -121.893062):
taken 2015-02-09:
Video:
Beauty: 4
Duration: 7 days after a significant rainfall
Height 16 feet (broadly defined)
Height 10 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: woods, little or no trail
Last visited 2015-02-09
id: diablo.30
- waterfall at (37.899751, -121.893369):
taken 2015-02-09:
Video:
Beauty: 4
Duration: 7 days after a significant rainfall
Height 18 feet
Terrain: woods, little or no trail
Last visited 2015-02-09
id: diablo.31
- waterfall at (37.899343, -121.893728):
upper part taken 2015-02-09:
at bottom (top hard to see):
lower part:
Video:
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 7 days after a significant rainfall
Height 43 feet
Biggest vertical drop 4 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2015-02-09
id: diablo.32
- waterfall at (37.898717, -121.894472):
taken 2016-03-06:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 7 days after a significant rainfall
Height 11 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2.5 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2016-03-06
id: diablo.57
Unnamed creek west of Rhyne Mine
- waterfall at (37.903868, -121.887057):
upper taken 2015-02-09:
lower:
Videos:
Partly visible from a fire road
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 4 days after a significant rainfall
Height 36 feet (broadly defined)
Height 22 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: woods, little or no trail
Last visited 2015-02-09
id: diablo.34
Unnamed creek flowing into Rhyne Mine
- waterfall at (37.902626, -121.886566):
taken 2015-02-09:
Video:
On the lower side of a fire road
Beauty: 3.5
Duration: 5 days after a significant rainfall
Height 6 feet
Biggest vertical drop 5 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with rock outcroppings
Last visited 2015-02-09
id: diablo.33
Unnamed creek heading east from North Peak
- waterfall at (37.896248, -121.884581):
hiding under a Sycamore tree
Beauty: 4
Duration: 30 days after a significant rainfall
Height 15 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
route: It may become hard to reach when the bushes recover from the 2013 fire.
Last visited 2015-03-19
id: diablo.39
- waterfall at (37.894667, -121.894650):
lower part taken 2016-03-06:
looking down from the top:
a side creek:
Video:
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 10 days after a significant rainfall
Height 16 feet
Biggest vertical drop 5 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2016-03-06
id: diablo.58
- waterfall at (37.893929, -121.897017):
taken 2016-03-06:
Video:
Beauty: 4
Duration: 5 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2016-03-06
id: diablo.59
- waterfall at (37.896792, -121.891314):
taken 2017-03-06:
Video:
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 12 days after a significant rainfall
Height 15 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
route: Follow an unofficial trail up the ridge north of the creek (it starts at the top of a utility access road), and traverse at an elevation of 2250 feet.
Last visited 2017-03-06
id: diablo.83
- waterfall at (37.896274, -121.892139):
taken 2017-03-06:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 12 days after a significant rainfall
Height 14 feet
Biggest vertical drop 3 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
route: Follow an unofficial trail up the ridge north of the creek (it starts at the top of a utility access road), and traverse at an elevation of 2250 feet.
Last visited 2017-03-06
id: diablo.84
Unnamed creek heading northeast from just east of North Peak
- waterfall at (37.894204, -121.894863):
taken 2016-03-06:
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
Height 8 feet
Biggest vertical drop 4 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2016-03-06
id: diablo.60
Unnamed creek flowing southeast to cross the east end of Rhine Canyon Rd
- waterfall at (37.878473, -121.904775):
taken 2016-01-30:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 12 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2016-01-30
id: diablo.50
- waterfall at (37.878214, -121.904368):
taken 2016-01-30:
Video:
Beauty: 7
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 28 feet
Biggest vertical drop 12 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2016-01-30
id: diablo.51
- waterfall at (37.877209, -121.903356):
taken 2016-01-30:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
Height 11 feet
Biggest vertical drop 1 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2016-01-30
id: diablo.52
Unnamed creek in Rhine Canyon
- waterfall at (37.877538, -121.909724):
upper drop taken 2015-03-22:
looking down on lower drop:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 20 days after a significant rainfall
Height 16 feet
Biggest vertical drop 3 feet
Number of drops 2
Terrain: fields, no trail
route: Not too hard to reach from uphill (Devil's Elbow). Don't try to get here from downstream.
Last visited 2015-03-22
id: diablo.41
- waterfall at (37.876930, -121.908560):
taken 2016-01-30:
Videos:
Hiding in a narrow chasm. My height estimate excludes the easier to see lower drop.
Beauty: 8
Duration: 25 days after a significant rainfall
Height 26 feet
Biggest vertical drop 12 feet
Terrain: cliffs
route: The only semi-safe route I found was to approach from downstream on the east side of the creek. The best view is from in the creek about 100 feet downstream. I also viewed it under dry conditions from a small rock ridge a few feet east of the creek, but that was too hard to reach with wet soil.
Last visited 2016-01-30
id: diablo.42
- waterfall at (37.876652, -121.908087):
taken 2016-01-30:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 25 days after a significant rainfall
Height 7 feet
Biggest vertical drop 7 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2016-01-30
id: diablo.43
- waterfall at (37.875282, -121.907461):
taken 2016-01-30:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 28 days after a significant rainfall
Height 8 feet
Biggest vertical drop 4 feet
Number of drops 3
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2016-01-30
id: diablo.47
- waterfall at (37.874707, -121.907011):
taken 2016-01-30:
upper drops:
upper half:
Videos:
Beauty: 8.5
Duration: 28 days after a significant rainfall
Height 52 feet
Number of drops 3
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
route: about 0.1 mile upstream from Rhine Canyon Rd; best reached via a slight ridge on west side of creek
Last visited 2016-01-30
id: diablo.48
Unnamed creek flowing into Rhine Canyon at Rhine Canyon Rd
- waterfall at (37.875490, -121.905274):
taken 2016-01-30:
Video:
Visible from Rhine Canyon Rd if it has enough water
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Biggest vertical drop 5 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2016-01-30
id: diablo.45
- waterfall at (37.876038, -121.905899):
taken 2016-01-30:
Video:
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 11 feet
Biggest vertical drop 9 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2016-01-30
id: diablo.46
Unnamed creek flowing into Rhine Canyon at the cliffs
- waterfall at (37.877065, -121.908521):
taken 2016-01-30:
Video:
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Biggest vertical drop 1 feet
Terrain: cliffs
Last visited 2016-01-30
id: diablo.49
Mountain Springs Creek
- waterfall at (37.873379, -121.916860):
taken 2016-01-30:
Video:
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 14 days after a significant rainfall
Height 18 feet
Biggest vertical drop 1 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2016-01-30
id: diablo.44
Alder Creek
- waterfall at (37.864033, -121.905109):
taken 2016-04-16:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 18 days after a significant rainfall
Height 12 feet
Biggest vertical drop 1 feet
Terrain: dense bushes
Last visited 2016-04-16
id: diablo.64
Sycamore Creek
- waterfall at (37.83691, -121.91850):
Name: Sycamore Creek Falls
taken 2011-03-10:
A well maintained fire road passes quite close to it, and if you look carefully you can see where the top of the waterfall is from the fire road, but be careful choosing your route down to where you can get a view. If you start down near the falls, it's very steep. Farther downstream is flatter but beware of poison oak and blackberries. I'm surprised that there's virtually no path to a nice waterfall within shouting distance of a residential area.
Beauty: 7.5
Duration: 40 days after a significant rainfall
Height 22 feet (broadly defined)
Height 17 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Number of drops 2
Terrain: woods, little or no trail
route: Follow Sycamore Creek Rd down to where it ends at private property, then go back upstream until the road is about 25 feet higher than the creek. Look for a safe route down to the creek and follow it upstream. There are several ways to reach Sycamore Creek Rd: from Rock City down the Trail Through Time, from Curry Point via Knobcone Pt Rd and Devil's Slide Trail, or go up Black Sage Rd (starting in the parking lot of a soccer field on Black Hawk Rd) and turn right just before the fire road ends [Update - as of Feb 2016 Black Sage Rd has a locked gate that would be hard to go over or around].
Last visited 2011-03-10
id: diablo.4
Unnamed creek in Madrone Canyon
- waterfall at (37.84837, -121.92689):
taken 2017-01-09:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 12 days after a significant rainfall
Height 7 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Number of drops 1
Terrain: well-maintained trail
route: follow the Trail Through Time down from Rock City
Last visited 2017-01-09
id: diablo.6
Unnamed creek flowing south about halfway between Curry Point and Knobcone Point
- waterfall at (37.84439, -121.91114):
taken 2017-01-09:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 10 days after a significant rainfall
Height 12 feet (broadly defined)
Height 8 feet
Biggest vertical drop 6 feet
Number of drops 1
Terrain: well-maintained fire road
route: From Curry Point, follow Knobcone Pt Rd east, the turn right onto a fire road (either called Black Hawk Ridge Rd or marked as leading to that). At the second point where it crosses a small stream, this will be on the uphill side of the road.
Last visited 2017-01-09
id: diablo.5
Unnamed creek flowing southeast from Knobcone Point into the west branch of Alamo Creek
- waterfall at (37.841117, -121.896739):
taken 2017-01-09:
taken 2017-02-21:
Videos:
Beauty: 6.5
Duration: 5 days after a significant rainfall
Height 35 feet
Biggest vertical drop 10 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
route: Take the utility access road (the one starting at the west end of the Oyster Point trail), then take an unofficial trail to the left. The waterfall will be partly visible from the trail. Getting a good view seems to require going through a big thicket of poison oak.
Last visited 2017-01-09
id: diablo.67
Unnamed creek flowing east into the west branch of Alamo Creek, just south of Black Hawk Ridge
- waterfall at (37.830882, -121.895778):
taken 2017-02-21:
Video:
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 15 feet
Biggest vertical drop 3 feet
Terrain: fields, no trail
route: Follow Black Hawk Ridge Rd south of Black Hawk Ridge to the grassy area, then go east.
Last visited 2017-02-21
id: diablo.69
Unnamed creek east of North Peak
- waterfall at (37.894391, -121.884447):
taken 2016-04-23:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
Height 20 feet (broadly defined)
Height 15 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with moderate brush
Last visited 2016-04-23
id: diablo.65
- waterfall at (37.894476, -121.885544):
taken 2016-04-23:
Video:
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 6 days after a significant rainfall
Height 17 feet
Biggest vertical drop 4 feet
Terrain: steep slopes with moderate brush
Last visited 2016-04-23
id: diablo.66
- waterfall at (37.894083, -121.890089):
taken 2017-03-06:
Video:
I'm unsure whether to classify this as one tall waterfalls, or 4 smaller ones
Beauty: 5
Duration: 4 days after a significant rainfall
Height 56 feet
Biggest vertical drop 3 feet
Terrain: steep grassy slope
Last visited 2017-03-06
id: diablo.85
- waterfall at (37.893680, -121.890585):
taken 2017-03-06:
Video:
Beauty: 6
Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
Height 18 feet (broadly defined)
Height 15 feet
Biggest vertical drop 3 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2017-03-06
id: diablo.86
- waterfall at (37.893406, -121.890855):
taken 2017-03-06:
Video:
Beauty: 3.5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Biggest vertical drop 1 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2017-03-06
id: diablo.87
Unnamed creek flowing southwest from a bit southeast of Curry Point into Madrone Canyon
- waterfall at (37.848160, -121.926222):
taken 2017-02-21:
Videos:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 15 feet
Biggest vertical drop 3 feet
Terrain: well-maintained trail
route: follow the Trail Through Time down from Rock City
Last visited 2017-02-21
id: diablo.71
Unnamed creek flowing south from Curry Point into Madrone Canyon
- waterfall at (37.848356, -121.926729):
taken 2017-02-21:
upper half:
Video:
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 23 feet
Biggest vertical drop 7 feet
Terrain: well-maintained trail
route: follow the Trail Through Time down from Rock City
Last visited 2017-02-21
id: diablo.70
West Branch Alamo Creek
- waterfall at (37.829650, -121.893769):
taken 2017-01-09:
Video:
Mostly a waterslide, with a small vertical drop in the middle.
Beauty: 6
Duration: 14 days after a significant rainfall
Height 23 feet
Biggest vertical drop 1 feet
Terrain: woods, little or no trail
route: Follow Black Hawk Ridge Rd south of Black Hawk Ridge to the grassy area, then go east.
Last visited 2017-01-09
id: diablo.53
- waterfall at (37.830689, -121.894390):
taken 2017-02-21:
taken 2017-01-09:
Videos:
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 12 days after a significant rainfall
Height 7 feet
Biggest vertical drop 3 feet
Terrain: woods, little or no trail
route: Follow Black Hawk Ridge Rd south of Black Hawk Ridge to the grassy area, then go east.
Last visited 2017-02-21
id: diablo.54
- waterfall at (37.839024, -121.896091):
taken 2017-01-09:
smaller stream:
Videos:
Two separate streams forming waterfalls side by side. The smaller one shows on the left in the first video, and is the focus of the last video. The upper half of this waterfall can be seen from the upper part of Black Hills Rd.
Beauty: 7.5
Duration: 7 days after a significant rainfall
Height 25 feet
Biggest vertical drop 8 feet
Terrain: woods, little or no trail
route: Go to the end of the utility access road (the one starting at the west end of the Oyster Point trail), turn right and head directly toward the side stream. Follow the side stream down to a deer trail that allows you to see most of the waterfall. Be wary of trying for a better view. The poison oak is thick below the deer trail.
Last visited 2017-01-09
id: diablo.55
- waterfall at (37.840005, -121.895533):
taken 2017-01-09:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 6 days after a significant rainfall
Height 6 feet
Biggest vertical drop 4 feet
Number of drops 1
Terrain: woods, little or no trail
route: Go to the end of the utility access road (the one starting at the west end of the Oyster Point trail), turn left and follow a faint path as it curves right.
Last visited 2017-01-09
id: diablo.68
Unnamed creek flowing east into West Branch Alamo Creek, near power lines
- waterfall at (37.838198, -121.895781):
taken 2017-01-09:
Video:
It's not too hard to get a mediocre view from above. It's not worth going down the steep bank (with abundant poison oak) to get a good view.
Beauty: 5
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 13 feet
Biggest vertical drop 1 feet
Terrain: woods, little or no trail
route: I got there from the Oyster Point trail, going north along the east side of the power lines.
Last visited 2017-01-09
id: diablo.56
Unnamed creek flowing southwest from near Cave Point into the west branch of Alamo Creek
- waterfall at (37.835831, -121.887980):
taken 2017-02-21:
Video:
Beauty: 6.5
Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
Height 12 feet
Biggest vertical drop 10 feet
Terrain: moderate brush, little or no trail
Last visited 2017-02-21
id: diablo.72
Unnamed creek starting near Riggs Canyon Rd, becoming the main creek in Jackass Canyon
- waterfall at (37.835427, -121.877487):
taken 2019-03-29:
Video:
Parts of the waterfall disappear into the rocks. This waterfall is more interesting for the rock formations than for the water.
Beauty: 5
Duration: 4 days after a significant rainfall
Height 14 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: unofficial trail, some difficulties
route: Take Old Finley Road to Riggs Canyon Road; near the top of Riggs Canyon Road, go left to a pond, following the creek down. Most of the creek has decent deer paths along both sides (if you don't mind poison oak); the path gets difficult near the end, at which point it's probably best to go 100 yards to the right, cross the next creek below some interesting rock formations, near the little waterfall diablo.96.
Last visited 2019-03-29
id: diablo.88
Unnamed creek flowing northeast into Jackass Canyon
- waterfall at (37.834333, -121.877244):
taken 2019-02-09:
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 44 feet (broadly defined)
Height 16 feet
Biggest vertical drop 3 feet
Terrain: vague hints of a trail
route: Take Old Finley Road to Riggs Canyon Road; near the top of Riggs Canyon Road, go left to a pond, following the creek down, then do a little bushwacking near the end. Do not attempt a direct route from the nearest part of Oyster Point trail - that has thick poison oak, then a cliff which requires a long detour.
Last visited 2019-02-09
id: diablo.89
Unnamed creek in the upper part of Jackass Canyon (I haven't labeled this as the main creek because more water comes in from the north)
- waterfall at (37.835342, -121.877872):
taken 2019-03-29:
Video:
Beauty: 4
Duration: 5 days after a significant rainfall
Height 7 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: vague hints of a trail
route: See the directions for diablo.88.
Last visited 2019-03-29
id: diablo.96
Unnamed creek flowing south across the Amphitheater trail
- waterfall at (37.838665, -121.859116):
taken 2019-03-29:
Video:
Beauty: 7
Duration: 5 days after a significant rainfall
Height 29 feet
Biggest vertical drop 5 feet
Terrain: unofficial trail, some difficulties
route: There's a faint path going up from Old Finley Road, about 100 feet west of the creek.
Last visited 2019-03-29
id: diablo.93
- waterfall at (37.839365, -121.859119):
taken 2019-03-29:
Videos:
This one has a small rock arch near the top. It starts with one small drop, then a pool that goes under the arch, then the main drop. The brush makes it hard to photograph well.
Beauty: 6
Duration: 4 days after a significant rainfall
Height 17 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: vague hints of a trail
route: An easy walk down from the Amphitheater trail.
Last visited 2019-03-29
id: diablo.94
Unnamed creek flowing southeast across the Amphitheater trail
- waterfall at (37.838485, -121.858383):
taken 2019-03-29:
Videos:
Mostly a series of waterslides, barely steep enough for me to call it a waterfall
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 3 days after a significant rainfall
Height 25 feet
Biggest vertical drop 1 feet
Terrain: vague hints of a trail
route: Go up along the right (south) side of the creek from Old Finley Road.
Last visited 2019-03-29
id: diablo.95
Unnamed creek near the north end of Diablo Ranch Rd
- waterfall at (37.874282, -121.948000):
taken 2016-03-12:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 10 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Terrain: woods with thick brush
Last visited 2016-03-12
id: diablo.62
- waterfall at (37.873663, -121.948251):
taken 2016-03-12:
Videos:
the steep terrain and thick poison oak deterred me from getting a good view
Beauty: 5
Duration: 11 days after a significant rainfall
Height 35 feet (broadly defined)
Height 20 feet
Biggest vertical drop 6 feet
Terrain: woods with thick brush
Last visited 2016-03-12
id: diablo.63
Unnamed creek flowing southwest from the top of Burma Rd
- waterfall at (37.877383, -121.946985):
taken 2016-03-12:
Video:
Beauty: 4
Duration: 7 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Biggest vertical drop 6 feet
Terrain: woods, little or no trail
route: below Angel Kerley Rd, above North Gate Road
Last visited 2016-03-12
id: diablo.61
Unnamed creek just north of Camel Rock
- waterfall at (37.877054, -121.960162):
taken 2016-03-12:
a waterslide upstream from the falls:
Videos:
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 14 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Biggest vertical drop 3 feet
Terrain: vague hints of a trail
route: below Camel Rock Trail, above North Gate Road
Last visited 2015-02-01
id: diablo.35
- waterfall at (37.876879, -121.956232):
taken 2016-03-12:
Videos:
This area looks like it should produce a bigger waterfall, but instead we mainly get waterslides (downstream)
Beauty: 3.5
Duration: 10 days after a significant rainfall
Height 8 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: woods, little or no trail
Last visited 2015-02-01
id: diablo.38
Unnamed creek descending from the top of Mothers Trail
- waterfall at (37.878624, -121.958241):
Beauty: 4
Duration: 14 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Biggest vertical drop 5 feet
Number of drops 2
Terrain: woods, little or no trail
Last visited 2015-02-01
id: diablo.37
Unnamed creek just southeast of Buckle Point
- waterfall at (37.878786, -121.963792):
taken 2016-03-12:
upper half:
Videos:
Beauty: 5.5
Duration: 40 days after a significant rainfall
Height 25 feet
Terrain: vague hints of a trail
route: just below North Gate Road
Last visited 2015-02-01
id: diablo.36
- waterfall at (37.848605, -121.949060):
taken 2023-01-16:
Video:
Just above the Summit trail
Beauty: 4.5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 12 feet
Terrain: well-maintained trail
Last visited 2023-01-16
id: diablo.99
- waterfall at (37.846140, -121.943769):
taken 2023-01-16:
Video:
Beauty: 4
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 12 feet
Biggest vertical drop 1 feet
Terrain: fields, no trail
Last visited 2023-01-16
id: diablo.100
- waterfall at (37.849854, -121.950511):
taken 2023-01-16:
Video:
Beauty: 5
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 13 feet
Biggest vertical drop 2 feet
Terrain: steep grassy slope
Last visited 2023-01-16
id: diablo.101
- waterfall at (37.846762, -121.935879):
taken 2023-01-16:
Video:
At a distance of possibly 190 yards, my range finder is inaccurate enough that the height estimate is little more than a guess. I doubt there's any realistic way to get a closer view. The gps coordinates are taken from above the waterfall - it's easy to see roughly where the waterfall is from just above it, but no way to get from there to a view of it.
Beauty: 7
Duration: 2 days after a significant rainfall
Height 40 feet
Biggest vertical drop 8 feet
Terrain: dense bushes
route: from the bottom of the Summit trail, go off trail above South Gate Road until you see where the creek goes under the road, and further walking becomes very difficult due to dense brush. A possibly easier route (that I have not done) starts from Rock City and follows a path underneath power lines.
Last visited 2023-01-16
id: diablo.102
- waterfall at (37.850789, -121.950954):
taken 2023-01-16:
Video:
below a trail that is just below the Summit trail
Beauty: 5
Duration: 1 days after a significant rainfall
Height 10 feet
Biggest vertical drop 4 feet
Terrain: well-maintained trail
Last visited 2023-01-16
id: diablo.103
Diablo Foothills Regional Park
Unnamed creek in Little Yosemite Valley
- waterfall at (37.876599, -121.984624):
taken 2017-02-03:
Videos:
It's a bit tricky to find the right time to visit this, but it's worth it. The photos I show were taken less than a day after a half inch of rain. The ground was pretty saturated before the rain, but the mud on the trails had been drying for about 10 days. With more rain than that, I'd have had to choose between deep mud on the trails from the south, or unpleasant creek crossings on Stage Rd. With much less rain, it wouldn't have enough water to be impressive.
Beauty: 8
Duration: 14 days after a significant rainfall
Height 26 feet (broadly defined)
Height 22 feet
Biggest vertical drop 1 feet
Terrain: well-maintained trail
Last visited 2017-02-03
id: diablo.40
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