Whisky Falls, California

Whisky Falls
Whisky Falls
Location in California
Whisky Falls
Whisky Falls (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°17′13″N 119°26′21″W / 37.28694°N 119.43917°W / 37.28694; -119.43917
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMadera County
Elevation
5,912 ft (1,802 m)

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

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. In 2019, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott took a tour of an illegal marijuana farm in Whiskey Falls, in the Sierra National Forest.