Waterfalls · Alaska
Best waterfalls in Alaska
Mapped5 falls
Easy access4 roadside / short walk
TallestHorsetail Falls (Valdez)
Max drop600 ft
Alaska’s waterfalls come glacier-fed and giant — Nugget Falls roaring beside the face of Mendenhall, the soaring ribbons of Valdez’s Keystone Canyon, and forest gorges minutes from Anchorage. The short summer is the window, when long daylight and big snowmelt put them at full force.
Horsetail Falls (Valdez)600 ft
a soaring ribbon in Keystone Canyon on the road to Valdez.
Bridal Veil Falls (Valdez)600 ft
a towering roadside fall across Keystone Canyon from Horsetail.
Nugget Falls377 ft
a thundering fall beside the face of Mendenhall Glacier.
Thunderbird Falls200 ft
a forest gorge fall a half-hour from Anchorage.
Lower Reid Falls40 ft
a mossy fall past the historic Gold Rush Cemetery in Skagway.
Flows change with the season and recent rain — many falls roar at spring snowmelt and slow by late summer. Check conditions and any permit or reservation rules before you go.