Tip Toe Falls

Tip Toe Falls
Tip Toe Falls viewed from the edge of its pool.
Tip Toe Falls is located in California
Tip Toe Falls
Map
LocationPortola Redwoods State Park, San Mateo County, California, United States
Coordinates37°14′53″N 122°13′13″W / 37.24806°N 122.22028°W / 37.24806; -122.22028
TypeCascade
Total height14 feet (4.3 m)
Number of drops1
Longest drop8 feet (2.4 m)
Total width2 feet (0.61 m)
Average width1 foot (0.30 m)
WatercourseFall 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.