Nojoqui Falls

Nojoqui Falls (pronounced na-hoo-ui) is a seasonal waterfall in the Santa Barbara County, California park of the same name.

Nojoqui has been described as “one of the most graceful waterfalls in California” and “the highlight of the scenic drive along U.S. 101 between the coast and Solvang.”[1] The falls drop nearly 100 feet over a sandstone wall[2] of the Jalama Formation.

Stalactites in a cave grow in the same slow manner, and are made of the same type of rock, called travertine.

Grooves in the main travertine deposit and a gently curved notch at the base of the falls have formed where the rock has dissolved once again into the stream."

The waterfall is rainfall-dependent and “usually dries up in summer.”[1] In December 2014 multiple landslides closed the trail to the falls.