Bassi Falls
El Dorado County, California
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- El Dorado County, California
- Access status
- Partial notes: Millionaire Trail approach documented; parking and distance convention unverified.
- The walk
- Distance unknown
- Ground & access
- Forested trail with views of Big Silver Creek; shared with horses and mountain bikes.
Photo credit
Photo: User:Phreakdigital, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsAn official trail brochure documents the Millionaire Camp approach to Bassi Falls.
Plan your visit
The Forest Service brochure starts Millionaire Trail at Millionaire Camp. From Ice House Road, turn onto Road 12N32 just past Big Silver Group Campground and follow it to the camp. Follow the named trail through forest toward Bassi Falls; parking arrangements remain unverified.
The brochure calls this a two-mile trail to Bassi Falls but does not explicitly label one-way versus return distance. No return total is asserted.
Forested trail with views of Big Silver Creek; shared with horses and mountain bikes.
Where to start
Unknown.
Timing & water
Current access conditions unverified.
Before you go
Fees and reservation requirements unknown.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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