7   Camino Falls

Location: North Fork, Sierra National Forest, Madera County
Height: ~200 ft.
Access:   hike   dog  
Distance: 0.4 miles (RT)
Elevation: 5800 ft.
Season: May-Jul
Difficulty: easy hike
Lat/Long:37.42049, -119.41846
Directions:From the town of North Fork, continue about 1 mile on Road 220 to South Fork. Drive on Road 225 for 35 miles to Road 6S71. Turn left (turns into Road 6S01) and drive 5.9 miles to a turnout on the left at Camino Creek.
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Camino Falls is a very interesting 200 ft. cascade over a granite rock slab in Sierra National Forest. This waterfall needs to be seen after a lot of rain because Camino Creek has a small drainage.

There is an unsigned trail and turnout along Road 6S71 at Camino Creek. It is a very easy trail to follow and leads up to the base of Camino Falls in only 0.2 miles. It is a very high waterfall. Camino Falls would be a fantastic waterfall if there was a lot of water flowing in Camino Creek. But Camino Creek is such a small drainage I do not know if there really ever is much water flowing in it. Maybe after a lot of rain, it would be nice. When we were here, the creek was just a trickle.

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Other waterfalls nearby:
West Chiquito Creek Falls 2.74 miles
Chiquito Creek Falls 5.25 miles
Devils Slide Falls (and Angel Falls) 9.34 miles
Rock Creek Falls 9.58 miles
Chilnualna Falls 14.45 miles
Lower Chilnualna Falls 14.46 miles
Rancheria Falls 18.98 miles
Lower Rainbow Falls 21.22 miles
Illilouette Falls 21.66 miles
Rainbow Falls 21.73 miles
Nevada Falls 21.89 miles
Merced River Falls 22.06 miles
Silver Apron Falls 22.18 miles
Vernal Falls 22.23 miles
Bunnell Cascade 22.61 miles
Sentinel Falls 23.06 miles
Sotcher Lake Falls 23.07 miles
Minaret Falls 23.08 miles
Staircase Falls 23.28 miles
Widows Tears 23.65 miles
Silver Strand Falls 23.71 miles
Bridalveil Falls 23.78 miles
Royal Arch Cascade 24.14 miles
Three Chutes Falls 24.19 miles
Avalanche Creek Falls 24.28 miles
Horsetail Falls 24.33 miles
Snow Creek Falls 24.63 miles
Grouse Creek Falls 24.67 miles
Lower Yosemite Falls 24.74 miles
Chinquapin Falls 24.74 miles
Upper Dinkey Creek Falls 24.82 miles
Ribbon Falls 24.97 miles
Upper Yosemite Falls 25.06 miles
Lehamite Falls 25.08 miles
Dinkey Creek Falls 25.31 miles
Twin Falls 25.41 miles
Mammoth Creek Falls 26.11 miles
Foresta Falls 26.12 miles
Wildcat Falls 26.25 miles
Lower Foresta Falls 26.27 miles
Cascades 26.31 miles
Little Crane Creek Falls 26.68 miles
Tamarack Falls 26.79 miles
Horsetail Falls 28.18 miles
Tatum Falls 28.35 miles

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