Codfish Falls
Weimar / Auburn SRA (Placer County) · near Weimar · Gold Country & Central Valley
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- easy
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 3.4 miles
- Elevation gain
- 300 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Feb–Apr · Waterfall flow, wildflowers, cooler weather; falls dwindle by summer
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- Yes
- How the permit works
- Auburn SRA $10 vehicle day-use fee. The access road (Ponderosa Way) is a narrow, winding gravel descent — fine for cars driven slowly.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 1 of 5
What is here
- Features
- ~40-ft Codfish Falls in a fern grotto · North Fork American River · Spring wildflowers · Easy near-flat family hike
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- The access road (Ponderosa Way) is a narrow, winding gravel descent into the canyon — fine for standard cars driven slowly, but not the place to rush.
The guide
A gentle, mostly flat riverside trail that follows the North Fork American before turning up Codfish Creek to a slender ~40-foo…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Codfish Falls — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.9999, -120.9403