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McWay Falls
Tidefall in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Location | Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, California, United States |
Coordinates | 36°09′28.1″N 121°40′19.7″W[1] |
Type | Plunge tidefall |
Total height | 80 feet (24 m)[2] |
Number of drops | 1 |
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