Tip Toe Falls | |
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Location | Portola Redwoods State Park, San Mateo County, California, United States |
Coordinates | 37°14′53″N 122°13′13″W / 37.24806°N 122.22028°W |
Type | Cascade |
Total height | 14 feet (4.3 m) |
Number of drops | 1 |
Longest drop | 8 feet (2.4 m) |
Total width | 2 feet (0.61 m) |
Average width | 1 foot (0.30 m) |
Watercourse | Fall Creek |
Tip Toe Falls (also known informally as Tiptoe Falls), is a 6-foot (1.8 m) tall waterfall (though commonly mismeasured from 5 to 8 feet (1.5 to 2.4 m)) on Fall Creek in the Portola Redwoods State Park, California. There is also an 8-foot (2.4 m) upper falls, a few hundred feet upstream, which is much lesser known.
The falls, fed by Fall Creek (a tributary of Pescadero Creek) starts by cascading down a mossy, 8 foot (2.4m) upper tier into a small pool. The creek continues downstream between grassy banks, and before long, falls over the more well known, 6 foot (1.8 m) lower tier. The lower tier empties into a round pool approximately 6” deep, before the creek cascades over sticks and rocks and continues its way downstream.