# Yosemite Falls

- **Type:** Tiered
- **Height:** 2425 ft
- **Location:** Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, U.S.
- **Watercourse:** Yosemite Creek
- **Number Drops:** 6
- **Photo Caption:** Upper and lower cascades of Yosemite Falls, as seen from Yosemite Valley.
- **Height Longest:** 1430 ft

Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, dropping a total of from the top of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall. Located in the Sierra Nevada of California, it is a major attraction in the park, especially in late spring when the water flow is at its peak.

![Photo of Yosemite Falls](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Yosemite_falls_winter_2010.JPG)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Falls (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)