Waterfalls of Southern California (Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara)

Southern California is known for sunny weather, sandy beaches, cultural diversity, fine restaurants, Hollywood, and the list goes on and on...

Obviously, you can be occupied with any number of these things whether you live here or you're just visiting. However, this area has its share of nature and waterfalls to provide the perfect excuse to get away from the city and take a hike.

This area has waterfalls that are reasonably within a day trip from most of the greater Los Angeles area. We've been to many of these waterfalls as short half-day or day trips on a Saturday or Sunday when we feel we needed some exercise or a break from our hectic big city lives.

This section encompasses waterfalls found as far north as Santa Barbara County, as far south as San Diego County, and as far east as San Bernardino County (see the map of waterfalls in this area). Even though we're covering a lot of real estate here, like I said earlier, you'll find that a vast majority of them can be seen in a day (if you're from Los Angeles).

Want to see what our favorite waterfalls in this region are? We've compiled a Top 10 Best Southern California Waterfalls list!

WATERFALLS

Eaton Canyon Falls	Trail Canyon Falls	Millard Falls
Monrovia Canyon Falls	Sturtevant Falls	Paradise Falls (Wildwood Falls)
Switzer Falls	Cooper Canyon Falls	Solstice Canyon Falls
Sycamore Canyon Falls	Soldier Creek Falls	San Antonio Falls
Heart Rock Falls	Big Falls	Rose Valley Falls
Kitchen Creek Falls	Cedar Creek Falls	Mildred Falls
Escondido Falls	La Jolla Canyon Falls	Nojoqui Falls
Tangerine Falls (West Fork Cold Springs Falls)	Tenaja Falls	Ortega Falls
Holy Jim Falls	Newton Canyon Falls	Temescal Canyon Falls
Fish Canyon Falls	Hermit Falls	Tahquitz Falls
Bonita Falls

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