McWay Falls

McWay Falls is the most unique and majestic sights along California's coastline. McWay Falls is an 80 foot water Fall located an hour south of Carmel California on Pacific high way. The Falls runs round the year

around the Julia Pfeiffer Burns state Park in Big Sur, U.S.A. These are fresh waterFall tumbles down a steep granite cliff into a picturesque cove and directly into the Pacific Ocean. Visitors can view the scenic Fall from a 0.5 mile “Over Trail” easily accessible from the entrance gate of Julia Pfeiffer Burns state Park off of highway. This WaterFall is one of the two in an area close enough to the sea to be called "tidefalls". Peoples from different corner of the country even outside of the country come to spent there leisure time in this McWay Falls. 

The source of The WaterFall is McWay Creek. McWay waterfalls directly empties into the Ocean. Originally the waterfall cascaded directly into the ocean but after 1983 fire and 1985 landslides, the topography of the McWay Cove was altered. McWay Falls plummets off a cliff onto a pristine beach. McWay is the most photographed and the most famous waterfall in California. McWay Fall’s surrounding view is really mind blowing.

Most people who visit the water Fall use the main lot and cross under Coastal high way a foot through the tunnel. Unfortunately McWay Cove is protected, so the Falls can only view from the overlook and not from the beach. Just a shot distance from the waterfall are the ruins of on old stone “waterfall house”, owned by Lathropand Helen Hooper Brown, back in the 1940s. Not much is left of the house, but it is an interesting site to take pleasure. The park was named after Brown’s friend. Julia Pfeiffer Burns, who was a respected resident and rancher in the Big Sur region in the early 20th century. This is where the trail ends, at the site of the old Waterfall House. It is amazing to the tourist that someone actually lived here, surrounded by much beauty. There are several other amazing waterfalls in Big Sur near McWay Falls. They are Lime kiln Falls, Salmon Creek Falls and Pfeiffer Falls. Most of them are short hikes. Lot of people visit  McWay Falls every year to see one of nature’s most amazing wonders.