Faucherie Lake Falls

Location

Faucherie Lake Falls: 39.4301 N, 120.5668 W

USGS Topo: English Mountain

Directions

From I-80 take the CA-20 exit near Lake Spaulding and turn right onto Bowman Road after ~3.9 miles. Follow Bowman Road for ~14.7 miles to the northwest end of Bowman Lake. Here, turn right onto Meadow Lake Road and follow it as is skirts the northern shore of Bowman Lake past the eastern end of the lake until it intersects with the Sawmill & Faucherie Lakes Road (~3.4 miles from Bowman Road) near the Jackson Creek Campground. Turn right here, and follow the road (rough in places, 4x4 recommmended) up to the dam on Faucherie Lake (~3.3 miles). Turn left to cross over the dam and park in the parking area off the eastern end of the dam. From the parking area make your way up the ridge immediately east of the parking area and downhill to the northeast to the waterfall. You could also head north from the parking area and skirt around the northern side of the ridge, eventually heading east to the waterfall. A third option to get to this waterfall, is to pull off of the road up to Faucherie Lake, ~2.3 miles from the Meadow Lake Road (near Canyon Creek Campground), and find the trail leading to the east to reach the waterfall on the eastern side of the creek (best views). I tried this last option but I couldn't locate the trail, so I continued up to the lake. However, when I was leaving the waterfall I saw a few people coming up this trail, so it must be possible to locate it.