Rancheria Falls
Rancheria Falls sits near Huntington Lake in the Sierra National Forest. Nonetheless, the 1-mile hike (each way) to the falls was pleasant though we did manage to miss the turnoff for the falls' car park which led to us getting lost for a few minutes. The hike is a pretty flat and straightforward 2 miles round trip from the car park (see directions below). The trail brings you to the lower section of the falls, but it's hard to get that all encompassing view of the falls when we were there since the falls had high flow. I'd imagine you could scramble lower on the rocks to try to get a grander view than what's shown above on this page, but we didn't bother. We also did see a handful of other hikers continue the hike to the top of the falls, which looked steep and slippery (again, something we didn't try). View World of Waterfalls in a larger map TRIP REPORTSGUIDEBOOKS / OTHER RESOURCESNEARBY WATERFALLSHave You Been To This Waterfall?
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| First, thanks for this cool website its nice to know about hidden gems in our backyard. We went on May 24th, 2008 and had the pleasure of seeing a running stream all the way...[more] |
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| Glad to know there are waterfall lovers like myself. I am enjoying the website. I thought I would post to you a picture of a waterfall in California that is...[more] |
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| I absolutely loved the scenery of this whole hike and destination. It was very confusing to get there and we had to make a few U-Turns, but it was definitely worth...[more] |
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