Whisky Falls, California

Whisky Falls
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°17′13″N119°26′21″W / 37.28694°N 119.43917°W / 37.28694; -119.43917
Country	United States
State	California
County	Madera County
Elevation [1]	5,912 ft (1,802 m)

Whisky Falls (formerly, Whiskey Falls) is an unincorporated area of Madera County, California. ^[1] It is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Shuteye Peak, ^[2] at an elevation of 5,912 feet (1802 m). ^[1]

In the early 1900s, author Stewart Edward White built a cabin on Peckinpah Mountain near the old mill near Whiskey Falls, and wrote about the experience in The Cabin. ^[3] In 2019, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott took a tour of an illegal marijuana farm in Whiskey Falls, in the Sierra National Forest. ^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whisky Falls, California
2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, California: Word Dancer Press. p. 845. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.
3. Grady, Grace (January 7, 2005). "The Cabin near Whiskey Falls". Sierra Star. Retrieved November 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
4. McDaniel, Piper (September 12, 2019). "Illegal cannabis farms still scarring public lands". Santa Maria Times. Tribune News Service. Retrieved November 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.