Nevada Fall[3] is a 594-foot (181 m) high waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California. It is located below the granite dome, Liberty Cap, at the west end of Little Yosemite Valley. The waterfall is widely recognized by its "bent" shape, in which the water free-falls for roughly the first third of its length to a steep slick-rock slope. This mid-fall impact of the water on the cliff face creates a turbulent, whitewater appearance in the fall and produces a great deal of mist which covers a wide radius, which led to its current name (Nevada is a Spanish word meaning "snowy").
The Indian name was Yo-wy-we, signifying the twist or squirm of the falling water. Lafayette Bunnell suggested the name "Nevada" for the waterfall. He wrote, "The Nevada Fall was so called because it was the nearest to the Sierra Nevada, and because the name was sufficiently indicative of a wintry companion for our spring (Vernal Fall)... The white, foaming water, as it dashed down Yo-wy-we from the snowy mountains, represented to my mind a vast avalanche of snow."[4]
The Emerald Pool forms on the "step" between Nevada Fall and Vernal Fall downstream. The 317-foot (97 m) high Vernal Fall is a short hike from the bottom of Nevada Fall. They form a cascade in which the Merced River flows down to Yosemite Valley.
This cascade is sometimes called the giant staircase, which is evident when viewed from above, at Glacier Point.
The hike to the top of Nevada Fall, along the Mist Trail, is 3 miles (4.8 km) from the trailhead in Yosemite Valley. One must first hike to Vernal Fall and then trek another 2 miles (3.2 km) to reach the top. The John Muir Trail, which starts near the trail to Happy Isles, goes to the top of Nevada Fall.[5]
^"Nevada Fall". World Waterfall Database.
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United States Geological Survey (1958). Yosemite National Park and Wilderness, California Mariposa County(PDF) (Map) (Shaded Relief ed.). 1:24,000. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Department of Interior. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
^The official spelling is singular, see U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nevada Fall
^Bunnell, Lafayette H. (1892) Discovery of the Yosemite. Chapter 13, p. 205.
^"Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall Trails". National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
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