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Tokopah Falls

Tokopah Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Tokopah Falls is a waterfall in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,471 m. Koontz Pinnacle stands 4,145 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Watchtower, a peak 0.4 miles away.

The story

Tokopah Falls, also known as Tokopah Valley Falls, is a 1,200-foot (370 m) cascading waterfall in Sequoia National Park, California. The falls are formed as the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River slides down a huge granite headwall of the glacial Tokopah Valley. Although the falls flow powerfully during the snow melt of late spring and early summer, it is usually a trickle by autumn, occasionally drying up completely during poor snow years. The falls are accessible by a fairly flat 4.1-mile (6.6 km) roundtrip hike from Highway 198.

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Wikidata Q23950171, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2471 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.61101, -118.69409

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 28
Springs: 27
Waterfalls: 22
Historic sites: 16
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 5.5 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 6.4 mi
  • Old Ranger Station: 7.7 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 9.1 mi
  • Alles Cabin: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 7.6 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 6
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 20.8 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 22.4 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Arch: 24.8 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 24.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Tokopah Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Koontz PinnacleESE 113°4,145 m11.2 mi
Black KaweahESE 115°4,140 m10.9 mi
Pyramidal PinnacleESE 113°4,116 m11.2 mi
Kaweah QueenESE 111°4,074 m11.0 mi
Centennial PeakE 84°4,026 m11.4 mi
Lawson PeakESE 109°3,999 m10.6 mi
Triple Divide PeakE 98°3,839 m9.1 mi
Glacier RidgeE 86°3,767 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:3920:17
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0416:0316:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283034384654616055453527
Precip in8.77.96.43.22.00.70.60.10.72.33.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 2 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs6.19.712.842.491.591.042.98.11.31.73.45.0

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Marble Fork Kaweah R AB Horse C NR Lodgepole CA, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/928925142

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