McWay Falls
McWay Falls is an 80-foot-tall waterfall on the coast of Big Sur in central California that flows year-round from McWay Creek in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, about 37 miles south of Carmel, into the Pacific Ocean.
- Waterfall
- …lies at an elevation of 16 feet (5 metres)
- Description: waterfall in California
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slates Hot Springs and Big Sur.
Slates Hot Springs
Slates Hot Springs is the site of a hot spring in the Big Sur region of Monterey County, California. Slates Hot Springs is situated 3 miles southeast of McWay Falls.
McWay Falls
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Latitude
36.15782° or 36° 9′ 28″ north
Longitude
-121.6724° or 121° 40′ 21″ west
Open location code
848W585H+42
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Portuguese—“McWay Falls” goes by many names.
Cascades McWayCatalan
McWay FallsDanish
McWay FallsDutch
McWay-vízesésHungarian
Cascata McWayItalian
ابشار مکویPersian
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Saddle Rock and Pelton Wheel.
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