Te Wairoa Falls (also called Wairere Falls) was our waterfalling excuse to check out the tragic Buried Village of Te Wairoa. Like the ancient Roman city of Pompeii being buried by the pyroclastic…

Kakahi Falls is a 12m geothermally-heated waterfall surrounded by mud volcanos, acidic lakes, and colourful springs in the Hell’s Gate Reserve near Rotorua.

Tarawera Falls is a 35m waterfall emerging like springs from fissures and cracks in the vertical cliffs by Lake Tarawera reachable by a 350m track near Kawerau.

Wairere Falls is a 153m waterfall towering over the Waikato Plains between Te Aroha and Matamata in the Kaimai-Mamaku Range in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

McLaren Falls and Marshall Falls are two different waterfalls in close proximity to each other. McLaren Falls is regulated and Marshall Falls is a short walk.

Kaiate Falls (or Te Rerekawau in Maori) consists of a 25m 3-tiered upper falls and a 10m lower falls accessed by a loop bush walk near Tauranga, New Zealand.

Wentworth Falls (or Wentworth Valley Falls) at 50m tall is one of the taller waterfalls in the Coromandel area of New Zealand with a gold mining heritage.

Haruru Falls is a short (5m) but wide (15m) waterfall on the Waitangi River easily accessed from the Bay of Islands at Paihia in New Zealand’s Northland Region.

Rainbow Falls is an impressive and easily-accessible 27m tall classic rectangular waterfall near the town of Kerikeri in the Northland Region of New Zealand.

Waiotemarama Falls (“water of the moon” in Maori) is a 5m waterfall on the Waiotemarama Bush Track near the kauri tree forests of Northland, New Zealand

Piroa Falls is a 20m waterfall accessible by a short walk within the Waipu Gorge Scenic Reserve between Auckland and Whangarei in New Zealand’s North Island.

Whangarei Falls (pronounced “FAHNG-uh-ray”) is a pleasing 26m rectangular waterfall accessed by a stroll with picnic areas in the city of Whangei, New Zealand.

Mist Falls is a 45ft waterfall in California’s Cedar Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park en route to Paradise Valley on an 8-mile round-trip hike.

Hidden Falls is a 75-100ft waterfall at the far end of Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park accessible by a 1.2-mile round-trip hike after a boat ride.

The Wilderness Falls and Columbine Falls (or Columbine Cascade) are waterfalls dropping 250ft and 200ft respectively across Jackson Lake in the Grand Tetons.

The other Grand Tetons Waterfalls encompasses all the other waterfalls we’ve seen that we determined were merely ephemeral cascades and not really worthy of singling them out…

Tower Fall is a 132ft waterfall flanked by namesake tower-like pillars best seen in the morning from its base, but that trail has been closed for years.

Wraith Falls is a cascading 100ft waterfall dropping in a bulb-shape on Lupine Creek reachable by a short 2-mile round-trip hike in the north of Yellowstone.

Undine Falls is an easy roadside 60-100ft waterfall on Lava Creek seen from an overlook just east of the Mammoth Junction in Yellowstone National Park.

Lost Creek Falls (or Lost Falls) is a light-flowing 40ft waterfall sitting quietly in a shadowy forest right behind the Roosevelt Lodge in Yellowstone.