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Roaring River Falls

Roaring River Falls and pretty plunge pool in its low late summer flow


Roaring River Falls is one of those rare waterfalls where it seems less is more.

When it rages in the spring, you'll see a 15ft white water torrent that is barely distinguishable from the rest of the rapids downstream along with the churning plunge pool frothing with agitated waters. However, when the scene calms down towards the late summer, the plunge pool actually gets lower, the falls actually gets taller, and you get a clear green pool resulting in a very picturesque scene suitable for sun bathing, reading, or relaxing (as shown above).

The walk to the falls is an obvious 1/4-mile paved (wheelchair-accessible) path leading towards a lookout behind some rocks of the falls. There is also an alternative primitive path of similar length to the falls on the other side of the bridge.

Directions: You can find this waterfall in the Cedar Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park near the Hwy 180 Road's End. The car park is just beyond the bridge over Roaring River (about a stop before Zumwalt Meadow).

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Roaring River Falls in high flowThe falls seen in high flow during spring

View of the Roaring River Falls in low flow from the alternative trailView of the falls in low flow from the alternative trail

View of impressive cliffs from the start of the alternate trail to the fallsView of impressive cliffs from the start of the alternate trail to the falls

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Left to right sweep of the raging waterfall in Spring. Please excuse the poor quality as this is a real ancient video.


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