Waterwheel Falls, Yosemite National Park

Name: Waterwheel Falls
Address: Yosemite National Park, United States

#28 among attractions in Yosemite National Park

Natural attraction, Nature, Waterfall

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Waterwheel Falls, Yosemite National Park

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Waterwheel Falls is a waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California, located in Yosemite National Park. It is the largest of the many waterfalls of the Tuolumne River. Its upper part contains a series of small ledges, each of which creates a small plume as the water is deflected away from the rock face. A regular phenomenon appears at the first and largest of these ledges during the high-water season of early summer. Strong gusts of wind can lift part of the spray and blow it back upward, causing it to reenter the falls above the ledge. This cyclic "waterwheel" gives the falls their name. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 37°55'38"N, 119°27'32"W

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Waterwheel Falls – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Daff Dome, Pothole Dome, May Lake, Tuolumne Peak.

4.1 miSE
Climbing
Daff Dome, Yosemite National Park
104 min walk • Daff Dome or DAFF Dome is a prominent 800 feet granite dome in Yosemite National Park, 3 miles west of Tuolumne Meadows and 1,700 feet from the Tioga Road.
4.9 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature, Hill
Pothole Dome, Yosemite National Park
124 min walk • Pothole Dome is a granite dome on the west side of Tuolumne Meadows, in Yosemite National Park located at Tioga Road mile marker 18. Near Pothole Dome is Marmot Dome. The summit of the dome is easily accessible by foot from a parking area on the Tioga Road at mile marker 18.
5.8 miS
Natural attraction, Nature, Lake
May Lake, Yosemite National Park
148 min walk • May Lake is a lake in Yosemite National Park, as well as a High Sierra Camp where backpackers can stay in tent cabins located near the lake. There are eight cabins that accommodate a total of thirty six guests. The hike...
3.9 miS
Mountain
Tuolumne Peak, Yosemite National Park
99 min walk • Tuolumne Peak is a mountain, in Yosemite National Park, in the area of Tuolumne Meadows. It is a fractured granite, twin summited peak, and is close to geographic center of the park.
6.2 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Cathedral Peak, Yosemite National Park
158 min walk • Cathedral Peak is part of the Cathedral Range, a mountain range in the south-central portion of Yosemite National Park in eastern Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties. The range is an offshoot of the Sierra Nevada.
6.2 miSW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Mount Hoffmann, Yosemite National Park
159 min walk • Mount Hoffmann is a prominent peak in northeastern Mariposa County in the center of Yosemite National Park, California, United States. It rises above May Lake and is a day hike of 6.2 miles from Tioga Pass Road. The mountain is named for the cartographer Charles F.
0.5 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature, Waterfall
LeConte Falls, Yosemite National Park
12 min walk • LeConte Falls is a waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California, in Yosemite National Park. It is a 229 ft. high cascade on the Tuolumne River and the second largest falls on this river.
5.7 miS
Mountain
Dozier Dome, Yosemite National Park
146 min walk • Dozier Dome is a granite dome, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park. It is named after Jeff Dozier.
4.9 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature, Hill
Fairview Dome, Yosemite National Park
125 min walk • Fairview Dome is a prominent granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located 1.8 miles north of Cathedral Peak and 4 miles west of Tuolumne Meadows. Near Fairview Dome is Marmot Dome, linked by an area called Razor Back. Northwest is Hammer Dome.
4.9 miSE
Climbing
North face, Yosemite National Park
125 min walk • The North Face of Fairview Dome also known as the Regular Route of Fairview Dome is a technical rock climbing route in Tuolumne Meadows of Yosemite National Park. It is featured in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.
6 miSE
Vernacular architecture
Soda Springs Cabin, Yosemite National Park
154 min walk • The Soda Springs Cabin is a historic structure in Yosemite National Park in the US, built over Soda Springs. It was built around the year 1889 by John Baptist Lembert, the first European settler on the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite.