McWay Falls

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coastal waterfall tourist attraction waterfall

McWay Falls is a picturesque 80-foot coastal waterfall in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park that dramatically drops onto the beach and into the Pacific Ocean along California’s Big Sur coast.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
McWay Creek	2
McWay Cove	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal waterfall ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ waterfall ⓘ
accessibleFrom	Pacific Coast Highway ⓘ surface form: Highway 1
approximateDistanceFromHighway1	short walk ⓘ
dropsOnto	beach ⓘ
fedBy	McWay Falls self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: McWay Creek
flowsInto	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature	Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park ⓘ surface form: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park overlook McWay Falls self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: McWay Cove
hasRestriction	no beach access ⓘ
hasScenicDesignation	coastal scenic viewpoint ⓘ
hasStatus	year-round waterfall ⓘ
hasTrailType	easy hiking trail access ⓘ
hasViewOf	Big Sur region of California ⓘ surface form: Big Sur coastline Pacific Ocean ⓘ
height	24 meters ⓘ 80 feet ⓘ
isIconicFeatureOf	Big Sur region of California ⓘ surface form: Big Sur Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park ⓘ
isPopularFor	scenic photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ
locatedIn	Big Sur region of California ⓘ surface form: Big Sur California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park ⓘ Monterey County, California ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
managedBy	California Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ
namedAfter	McWay Falls self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: McWay Creek
partOf	California Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ surface form: California State Parks system
situatedAlong	Big Sur region of California ⓘ surface form: Big Sur coast
type	tidefall ⓘ
viewedFrom	coastal bluff ⓘ overlook trail ⓘ
withinProtectedArea	Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

McWay Falls → fedBy → McWay Falls self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: McWay Creek

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park → hasFeature → McWay Falls ⓘ

Big Sur region of California → hasLandmark → McWay Falls ⓘ

McWay Falls → hasNearbyFeature → McWay Falls self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: McWay Cove

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park → hasViewOf → McWay Falls ⓘ

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park → hasWaterfall → McWay Falls ⓘ

McWay Falls → namedAfter → McWay Falls self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: McWay Creek