Tip Toe Falls

Tip Toe Falls

Tip Toe Falls (also Tiptoe Falls) is a tiny 5-8 foot cascade [ [http://lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/lp0102_Waterfalls.html South Bay Getaway: Winter Waterfalls ] ] (though most sources say 5 or 6 feet) in Portola Redwoods State Park, California, United States. It is on either Fall Creek or Mill Creek, however, no one knows for sure. Nevertheless, it is located on a tributary of Pescadero Creek and can be reached by the Iverson Trail, which is accessed by the visitor center [ [http://www.yelp.com/biz/portola-redwoods-state-park-la-honda Portola Redwoods State Park La Honda | Yelp ] ] .

There are banana slugs and wild turkeys on the trail. There is also evidently an upper falls [ [http://www.virtualparks.org/scenes/ZA71BgjJwMwQJ6zwomKz8gg.html Virtual Reality of Tiptoe Falls, a QuickTime panorama by erik goetze ] ] . Look in the back of the panorama right above the falls- you will see the top of the upper falls.

Portola Redwoods State Park is one of the 48 state parks and beaches in California proposed for closure or budget cuts [ [http://www.calparks.org/act-now/2008-budget-proposal.html 2008 Budget Proposal ] ] .

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References

1: http://lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/lp0102_Waterfalls.html

2: http://www.yelp.com/biz/portola-redwoods-state-park-la-honda

3: http://www.virtualparks.org/scenes/ZA71BgjJwMwQJ6zwomKz8gg.html

4: http://www.calparks.org/act-now/2008-budget-proposal.html


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