Phantom Falls

Phantom Falls
Phantom Falls after spring rain, 2017
Phantom Falls is located in California
Phantom Falls
LocationNorth Table Mountain (Butte County, California)
Coordinates39°36′37″N 121°33′38″W / 39.61041°N 121.56063°W / 39.61041; -121.56063
TypePlunge
Total height130 ft (40 m)

Phantom Falls or Coal Canyon Falls is a waterfall at Coal Canyon near Oroville, California, within the North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve. The waterfall is 166 feet (51 m) high[1] and runs off the edge of Coal Canyon, in front of a grotto.[citation needed] A small pool at the bottom is home to a California newt subspecies, the Coastal Range newt.[citation needed] As a seasonal waterfall, Phantom Falls runs only during the rainy months, late autumn to early spring. It is named Phantom Falls because it disappears during the dry season.[1]

There is no trail to the waterfall, although a parking lot on Cherokee Road provides access for hikers.[2] It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the parking lot to the waterfall, which is visible from the rim of Coal Canyon.[2] A strenuous downhill hike then ends at the bottom of the waterfall. The falls can also be reached from Coal Canyon Road at the bottom of Coal Canyon, a hike of about the same distance but longer and more strenuous, over rocky terrain.

The shaft of an abandoned gold mine in the grotto behind the falls dates to the California Gold Rush.[2] Today, there is no gold there, but research still takes place in the mineshaft.[citation needed] Entering the mineshaft is difficult but not prohibited.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.waterfallswest.com/waterfall.php?id=205 Phantom Falls entry on Waterfalls West
  2. ^ a b c http://www.chicohiking.org/ValleyFoothill/Phantom-Falls.htm Phantom Falls entry on Chico Hiking, includes a map of the area
  3. ^ Hiking. "Phantom Falls | Explore Experience". Retrieved August 22, 2022.

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