Waterfall · California

Horsetail Falls

Horsetail Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Horsetail Falls is a waterfall in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,338 m. Excelsior Mountain stands 3,791 m to the south-southeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Robinson Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 17 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 2338 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.13930, -119.37955

17.0 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Robinson Peak: 1.9 mi
Mount Walt: 2.1 mi
The Cleaver: 2.1 mi
The Incredible Hulk: 2.3 mi
Blacksmith Peak: 2.5 mi

Springs25

Buck Springs: 9.8 mi
Doe Springs: 10.4 mi
The Hot Springs: 10.6 mi
The Hot Springs: 10.7 mi
The Hot Springs: 10.7 mi

Historic sites17

Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 7.3 mi
Little Bodie Monument: 10.6 mi
Avalanche of 1911: 13.3 mi
California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 15.9 mi
Soda Springs Cabin: 18.0 mi

Waterfalls16

Cascade Falls: 10.7 mi
Waterwheel Falls: 15.3 mi
LeConte Falls: 15.4 mi
California Falls: 15.8 mi
Lower Cathedral Creek Falls: 15.8 mi

Ghost towns6

Dunderberg Mill: 7.4 mi
Dog Town: 10.1 mi
Bennettville: 15.4 mi
Bodie: 20.6 mi
Masonic: 21.2 mi

Parks6

Mono Lake Park: 15.4 mi
Bridgeport: 16.8 mi
Gus Hess Community Park: 18.8 mi
Bridgeport Training Range: 19.5 mi
Bodie State Historic Park: 20.7 mi

Museums4

Mono County Museum: 11.5 mi
Old Mono County Jail: 11.5 mi
Mono Basin Historical Society: 18.8 mi
Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 20.5 mi

Cliffs4

Dore Cliff: 11.8 mi
Locomotive Point: 15.9 mi
Bodie Bluff: 21.3 mi
East Flange Rock: 22.4 mi

Attractions4

Travertine Hot Spring: 12.0 mi
Upside-Down House: 18.9 mi
South Tufa Area: 23.4 mi
Navy Beach: 23.9 mi

Beaches3

Benson Lake Beach: 11.4 mi
Danburg Beach: 15.8 mi
Navy Beach: 23.8 mi

Hot springs1

Fales Hot Spring: 14.7 mi

Picnic sites1

Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 21.8 mi

Nature reserves1

Yosemite National Park: 22.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Horsetail Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Excelsior Mountain	SSE 153°	3,791 m	8.9 mi
Dunderberg Peak	SE 132°	3,774 m	7.7 mi
Twin Peaks	SSE 164°	3,756 m	4.0 mi
Matterhorn Peak	S 182°	3,749.3 m	3.2 mi
Twin Peaks-East Peak	SSE 160°	3,731 m	4.1 mi
The Dragtooth	S 186°	3,695.4 m	2.9 mi
Whorl Mountain	S 183°	3,667 m	4.5 mi
Virginia Peak	SSE 167°	3,657 m	5.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:02	18:35	19:10
June solstice	05:36	19:45	20:25
September equinox	06:46	18:21	18:56
December solstice	07:11	16:00	16:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	27	29	36	42	49	58	64	62	56	45	36	28
Precip in	2.0	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 12 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Dec.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean cfs	16.2	16.5	19.3	43.2	111	188	159	89.5	43.2	20.1	9.3	8.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Robinson CK AT Twin Lks Outlet NR Bridgeport, CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2389339964

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