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18. Shoshone Falls, Idaho
While your rovin’ writer tires of the Niagara nicknames, the truth is the Shoshone Falls deserves its moniker. It really is “‘the Niagara of the West.” This terrific Twin Falls tourist attraction is comparable both audibly and visually. Witness multiple cascades of rushing water crashing together and then emptying into the green Snake River. It’s actually 36 feet higher than its East Coast “relative.”
19. Waimoku Falls, Hawaii
Waimoku Falls is located in Haleakalā National Park on Maui. This waterfall is 400 feet high. The steep cascade rushes down a lava rock face into a pellucid pool. Veteran visitors say that seeing this waterfall is the high point for those hiking the favored Pīpīwai Trail, which leads through a wild bamboo forest past the comparatively smaller 185-foot Makahiku Falls.
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