Leavitt Falls

Leavitt Falls is a 200-foot, multi-tiered waterfall in Mono County, eastern California, where Leavitt Creek drops from a hanging valley into Leavitt Meadow before joining the West Walker River. Its significance lies as much in its setting as in the cascade itself: water pours over the edge of a high valley into a meadow below, creating a wide scenic panorama rather than a close destination view. A turnout on Highway 108 overlooks both the falls and the meadow, but the waterfall cannot be reached by trail because it lies within a steep, narrow box canyon. The falls and nearby landmarks were named for early Mono County settler Hiram Leavitt.

California · United States