List of waterfalls of Alaska

This is a list of the (43) officially named waterfalls found in the state of Alaska in the United States, according to the United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System.

List of waterfalls

Waterfall (Name, Borough/Census Area, Alaska)	Latitude	Longitude	GNIS Feature ID # Link	Coordinates	Elevation	Borough or Census area	Watercourse
Alaska Chief Falls	58.305000 N	134.340000 W	1893245	58°18′18″N 134°20′24″W	1,286 feet (392 m)	Juneau	Icy Gulch near confluence Gold Creek (near Lurvey Creek)
Beaver Falls (Alaska)	55.381667 N	131.522778 W	1420335	55°22′54″N 131°31′22″W	1,312 feet (400 m)	Ketchikan Gateway	Beaver Falls Creek between Upper & Lower Silvis Lake
Bridal Veil Falls (Skagway, Alaska)	59.569444 N	135.208333 W	1416669	59°34′10″N 135°12′30″W	2,802 feet (854 m)	Skagway	Tributary of Captain William Moore Creek (tributary of Skagway River)
Bridal Veil Falls (Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska)	61.070278 N	145.893611 W	1417164	61°4′13″N 145°53′37″W	1,145 feet (349 m)	Valdez-Cordova (CA)	Tributary of Lowe River
Brooks Falls (Alaska)	58.555278 N	155.789722 W	1399475	58°33′19″N 155°47′23″W	92 feet (28 m)	Lake and Peninsula	Brooks River between Lake Brooks and Naknek Bay
Cheshnina Falls	61.858333 N	144.116389 W	1400211	61°51′30″N 144°6′59″W	4,610 feet (1,410 m)	Valdez-Cordova (CA)	Cheshnina River between Cheshnina Glacier & the Copper River
Chitistone Falls	61.547222 N	142.174722 W	1400340	61°32′50″N 142°10′29″W	3,743 feet (1,141 m)	Valdez-Cordova (CA)	Chitistone River at Chitistone Gorge
Cynthia Falls	59.786111 N	153.208611 W	1412879	59°47′10″N 153°12′31″W	604 feet (184 m)	Kenai Peninsula	Hardy Creek (tributary of Fitz Creek)
Ebner Falls	58.311944 N	134.375833 W	1401644	58°18′43″N 134°22′33″W	879 feet (268 m)	Juneau	Unknown Watercourse
Fish Ladder	55.293056 N	130.651944 W	1421940	55°17′35″N 130°39′7″W	148 feet (45 m)	Ketchikan Gateway	Unknown Watercourse
Fultons Falls	58.133333 N	155.016667 W	1866426	58°8′0″N 155°1′0″W	157 feet (48 m)	Kodiak Island	Unknown Watercourse
Golden Gate Falls			1402746	60°30′3″N 160°10′13″W	764 feet (233 m)	Bethel (CA)	Kisaralik River
Grindstone Falls (Alaska)	58.216667 N	134.250000 W	1894606	58°13′0″N 134°15′0″W	0 feet (0 m)	Juneau	Grindstone Creek
Hidden Falls (Alaska)	57.216389 N	134.874167 W	1422574	57°12′59″N 134°52′27″W	66 feet (20 m)	Sitka	between Hidden Falls Lake and Kasnyku Bay
Horsetail Falls (Alaska)	61.068056 N	145.905556 W	1417165	61°4′5″N 145°54′20″W	299 feet (91 m)	Valdez-Cordova (CA)	Lowe River
Kasnyku Falls	57.191111 N	134.832500 W	1422971	57°11′28″N 134°49′57″W	151 feet (46 m)	Sitka	Between Kasnyku Lake and Waterfall Cove
Kolevokharit Koygut Falls	59.7833333 N	158.5666667 W	1895213	59°47′0″N 158°34′0″W	666 feet (203 m)	Dillingham (CA)	Unnamed Stream
Liberty Falls	61.621389 N	144.545000 W	1405319	61°37′17″N 144°32′42″W	1,204 feet (367 m)	Valdez-Cordova (CA)	Liberty Creek (tributary Copper River)
Lost Rocker Falls	58.266667 N	134.316667 W	1895495	58°16′0″N 134°19′0″W	610 feet (190 m)	Juneau	Sheep Creek
Lower Falls (Alaska)			1405754	60°26′7″N 160°5′37″W	876 feet (267 m)	Bethel (CA)	Kisaralik River
Nugget Falls	58.4272 N	134.5367 W	Not recorded by the GNIS	58.4272°N 134.5367°W / 58.4272; -134.5367 (Nugget Falls)	377 feet (115 m)	Below Mendenhall Glacier	Nugget Creek
Nutkwa Falls	55.118611 N	132.539444 W	1424029	55°7′7″N 132°32′22″W	30 feet (9.1 m)	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)	between Nutkwa Inlet and Nutkwa Lagoon
Ohman Falls	60.591389 N	145.583056 W	1424051	60°35′29″N 145°34′59″W	407 feet (124 m)	Valdez-Cordova (CA)	Power Creek
Petrof Falls	59.800000 N	154.950000 W	1896178	59°48′0″N 154°57′0″W	220 feet (67 m)	Lake and Peninsula	Newhalen River
Pitchfork Falls	59.531111 N	135.196389 W	1424288	59°31′52″N 135°11′47″W	2,119 feet (646 m)	Skagway	Outlet Stream from Goat Lake to Skagway River
Rainbow Falls (Alaska)	56.422778 N	132.332778 W	1424726	56°25′22″N 132°19′58″W	535 feet (163 m)	Wrangell	Unknown Watercourse
Reid Falls	59.473333 N	135.284722 W	1424799	59°28′24″N 135°17′5″W	446 feet (136 m)	Skagway	Unknown Watercourse
Rudleston Falls	61.084167 N	145.891111 W	1417163	61°5′3″N 145°53′28″W	869 feet (265 m)	Valdez-Cordova (CA)	Lowe River
Sahlin Falls	60.694444 N	145.966944 W	1414404	60°41′40″N 145°58′1″W	210 feet (64 m)	Valdez-Cordova (CA)	Sahlin Creek, near its mouth at Sheep Bay
Silver Falls (Alaska)	55.979167 N	130.053056 W	1414713	55°58′45″N 130°3′11″W	443 feet (135 m)	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)	Fish Creek, near Logjam Creek
Silver Salmon Falls	55.791389 N	133.094722 W	1414717	55°47′29″N 133°5′41″W	108 feet (33 m)	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)	Stanley Creek (tributary Lester River)
Sockeye Falls	55.916667 N	133.000000 W	1877213	55°55′0″N 133°0′0″W	151 feet (46 m)	Petersburg (CA)	Lyman Creek?
Suicide Falls	58.275556 N	134.353611 W	1410316	58°16′32″N 134°21′13″W	249 feet (76 m)	Juneau	Cross Bay Creek (tributary of Gastineau Channel)
Sweetheart Falls	57.945278 N	133.676667 W	1415133	57°56′43″N 133°40′36″W	446 feet (136 m)	Juneau	Sweetheart Creek between Lower Sweetheart Lake and Gilbert Bay
The Falls (Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska)	57.557778 N	134.354167 W	1415239	57°33′28″N 134°21′15″W	72 feet (22 m)	Hoonah-Angoon (CA)	between Salt Lake and Mitchell Bay
The Falls (Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska)	64.929444 N	141.825833 W	1410799	64°55′46″N 141°49′33″W	1,309 feet (399 m)	Southeast Fairbanks (CA)	Seventymile River
Thunder Bird Falls	61.442500 N	149.355556 W	1416869	61°26′33″N 149°21′20″W	446 feet (136 m)	Anchorage	Thunder Bird Creek (tributary of Eklutna River)
Tikchik Falls			1896967	59°54′0″N 158°8′0″W	377 feet (115 m)	Dillingham (CA)	Nuyakuk River
Upper Falls (Alaska)			1411561	60°21′49″N 159°56′30″W	1,230 feet (370 m)	Bethel (CA)	tributary ?
White Falls (1), (Aleutians West, Alaska)	51.786111 N	176.798611 W	1419716	51°47′10″N 176°47′55″W	0 feet (0 m)	Aleutians West (CA)	Unknown Watercourse
White Falls (2), (Aleutians West, Alaska)	51.784722 N	175.768056 W	1897293	51°47′5″N 175°46′5″W	0 feet (0 m)
Whiting Falls	60.990833 N	144.842500 W	1415750	60°59′27″N 144°50′33″W	732 feet (223 m)	Valdez-Cordova (CA)	tributary of Copper River
Wolf Pass Falls	55.733889 N	132.856944 W	1985292	55°44′2″N 132°51′25″W	1,975 feet (602 m)	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)	Tributary of Thorne River?
Wolverine Falls (Alaska)	58.547222 N	154.719444 W	1897338	58°32′50″N 154°43′10″W	771 feet (235 m)	Lake and Peninsula	Rainbow River (tributary of Savonoski River)

References

General References

• "USGS GNIS Falls in Alaska" (HTML). United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:2:::NO::P1_STATE,P1_CLASS:Alaska,Falls.