Waterfalls in United States
The falls we've researched and rated - each one with an honest read on how hard it is to reach, when to go, and what it really takes.
The most-visited waterfall on Earth - three falls straddling the US-Canada border, ~22.5 million visitors a year, and the classic boat ride straight into the spray.
The tallest waterfall in North America - 739 metres in three tiers off the granite rim of Yosemite Valley, roaring with snowmelt in spring and often bone-dry by late summer.
Blue-green water spilling over red rock deep in a side canyon of the Grand Canyon, on Havasupai land - one of the most beautiful and hardest-won waterfalls in America.
The 94-metre centrepiece of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone - twice the height of Niagara, plunging past yellow rock walls that gave the park its name.
Tennessee's beloved swimming-hole waterfall - a broad tiered cascade at the head of a rugged gorge, with a plunge pool that draws crowds all summer.
Washington's state waterfall - a 60-metre plunge into a stark basalt bowl carved by Ice Age megafloods, ringed by wildflowers in spring.
Oregon's tallest and most-visited waterfall - a two-tier, 189-metre plunge in the Columbia River Gorge, with the iconic Benson Bridge arcing across its middle.
The "Niagara of the West" - at 65 metres, taller than Niagara itself, thundering over a horseshoe rim in the Snake River Canyon of southern Idaho.
A 44-metre waterfall hidden 340 metres underground inside Lookout Mountain - America's tallest and deepest publicly accessible cave falls, lit in colour at the tour's climax.
An 82-metre plunge in the Cascade foothills - taller than Niagara, framed by the Salish Lodge and made famous by Twin Peaks - with a free, step-free viewpoint.