Wildcat Falls (Yosemite National Park, California, USA)

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Wildcat Falls

Wildcat Falls at its shaded base in its full spring flow

Most people driving along the El Portal Road zoom past Wildcat Falls without even knowing it was there.

Since it's largely concealed by vegetation, this waterfall is easy to miss and rarely attracts visitors. This is even more remarkable when you consider that it's essentially the next door neighbor to the semi-famous attraction Cascade Falls. But that means you can have the falls to yourself and enjoy it in peace, or claim it as your own private falls.

This waterfall doesn't have a long season so your best bet is Spring. As you get later into the Summer, this waterfall dries up.

To get to the base of the falls, you walk west along Route 140 on the north side of the road until yo usee a small opening in the vegetation roughly a 1/4-mile from the car park for Cascade Falls (see directions below). You then enter that opening where you'll be right in front of the falls.

Directions: You basically use the car park for Cascade Falls to access this waterfall. As you drive Route 140 between the Arch Rock Entrance and the Route 140/120 junction, look for signpost M1 about 1.7 miles west of the Route 140/120 junction.

For a different perspective, you can see the upper tiers of Wildcat Falls from atop Turtleback Dome. This is described in the Cascade Falls page.

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The upper section of Wildcat Falls The upper section of the hidden roadside waterfall

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