McWay Falls
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McWay Falls is an 80-foot-tall (24 m) waterfall on the coast of Big Sur in central California that flows year-round from McWay Creek in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, about 37 miles (60 km) south of Carmel, into the Pacific Ocean. During high tide, it is a tidefall, a waterfall that empties directly into the ocean. The only other tidefall in California is Alamere Falls.
Nearby Locations:
| McWay Cove (0.1 miles) Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park (0.8 miles) Lookout Trail Viewpoint (0.9 miles) Point Sur Lighthouse (16.4 miles) Little Sur River Beach (17.3 miles) | Bixby Creek Bridge (19.5 miles) Castle Rock Viewpoint (19.6 miles) Cannery Row (34.1 miles) Pinnacles National Park (35.7 miles) Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area (40.4 miles) |
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McWay Falls, California 93920
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