Cascade Falls

Cascade Falls is a waterfall in El Dorado County, Gold Country, California. Cascade Falls is situated nearby to Granite Lake, as well as near Cascade Lake.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cascade Lake and Maggies Peaks.

Cascade Lake

Lake

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Cascade Lake is a glacial lake located in El Dorado County, California approximately 1 kilometre from Lake Tahoe. Cascade Lake is the second largest tributary lake feeding into Lake Tahoe.

Maggies Peaks

Peak

Photo: Phreakdigital, Public domain.

Maggies Peaks refers to a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, southwest of Lake Tahoe. There are two peaks on the mountain about 0.7 miles apart.

Vikingsholm

Historic site

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Vikingsholm is a 38-room mansion on the shore of Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California, U.S, and on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been called "one of the finest examples of Scandinavian architecture in North America."… Vikingsholm is situated 1¼ miles north of Cascade Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tahoe Valley.

Tahoe Valley

Suburb

Tahoe Valley is a former unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, now incorporated into South Lake Tahoe. It lies at an elevation of 6270 feet. Tahoe Valley is about the junction of U.S. Route 50 and State Route 89. Tahoe Valley is situated 5 miles east of Cascade Falls.

Cascade Falls

Type: Waterfall
Category: body of water
Location: El Dorado County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.93485° or 38° 56′ 6″ north

Longitude

-120.10095° or 120° 6′ 3″ west

Open location code

84CXWVMX+WJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1454640261

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

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