Tokopah Falls

Tokopah Falls, also known as Tokopah Valley Falls, is a 1,200-foot 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.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pear Lake Ski Hut and Alta Peak.

Pear Lake Ski Hut

Ranger station

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The Pear Lake Ski Hut is a mountain hut in Sequoia National Park, California, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in Sequoia National Park by the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1939–41 using local Sierra granite and timber materials, the hut is an example of the National Park Service Rustic style, using rough masonry and a log roof structure.

Alta Peak

Peak

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Alta Peak is in Sequoia National Park not far from Giant Forest. Before 1896, the mountain was known as Tharps Peak. By 1903 it was generally known by its current name and Alta Peak appears on the Tehipite quadrangle, USGS 30 minute topographic map of 1905, and was officially recognized by the Board on Geographic Names in 1928. Alta Peak is situated 2 miles southeast of Tokopah Falls.

Mount Silliman

Peak

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Mount Silliman is a mountain in California along the boundary between Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park The summit, at 11,193 feet is on the Sillman Crest, a part of the Kings-Kaweah Divide. Mount Silliman is situated 2½ miles north of Tokopah Falls.

Tokopah Falls

Type: Waterfall
Description: cascading waterfall
Category: body of water
Location: Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.61101° or 36° 36′ 40″ north

Longitude

-118.69409° or 118° 41′ 39″ west

Elevation

8,107 feet (2,471 metres)

Open location code

8583J864+C9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 928925142

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

GeoNames ID

5402822

Wikidata ID

Q23950171

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In Other Languages

“Tokopah Falls” goes by many names.

Chinese: “托科帕瀑布”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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