Waterwheel Falls
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: navin75, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall
- Also known as: “Le Conte Cascade”, “LeConte Falls”, “Rocket Cascades”, and “Watershed Falls”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Le Conte Falls and Glen Aulin.
Le Conte Falls
Waterfall
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.
Glen Aulin
Valley
Photo: Angela Sevin, CC BY 2.0.
Glen Aulin is a segment of the Tuolumne River valley, upriver from the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne. Glen Aulin is home to the Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp. Glen Aulin is situated 2 miles southeast of Waterwheel Falls.
Waterwheel Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.92722° or 37° 55′ 38″ northLongitude
-119.45877° or 119° 27′ 32″ westElevation
6,795 feet (2,071 metres)Open location code
8592WGGR+VFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2389340075OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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Satellite Map
Discover Waterwheel Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Waterwheel Falls” goes by many names.
- French: “chutes Waterwheel”
- French: “Chutes Waterwheel”
- Hebrew: “מפלי ווטרוויל”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار واترویل”
- Mazanderani: “واتر ویل ئوشار”
- Persian: “آبشار واترویل”
- Persian: “ابشار واترویل”
- Portuguese: “Waterwheel Falls”
- Tajik: “Вотервил”
- Tajik: “Обшори Вотервил”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Вотервил”
- Ukrainian: “Водоспади Вотервіл”
- Urdu: “واٹر وھیل آبشار”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tuolumne Meadows and Yosemite National Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Waterwheel Falls viewpoint and Wildcat Point.
Tuolumne County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Sonora, Columbia, Jamestown, and Twain Harte.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Waterwheel Falls”. Photo: navin75, CC BY-SA 2.0.