Tip Toe Falls, Waterfall in Portola Redwoods State Park, California.

Tip Toe Falls is a two-tier waterfall on Fall Creek in Portola Redwoods State Park: a mossy 8-foot upper tier drops into a small pool, the creek crosses a fern-bounded meadow, then pours 6 feet into a round, rock-bound pool about 6 inches deep. The main drop leaves a gully resembling a hanging valley, with a trickle splitting toward the right bank.

Tip Toe Falls lies on Fall Creek, a tributary of Pescadero Creek, in Portola Redwoods State Park in San Mateo County. The park protects old-growth coast redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains; the falls themselves are a natural creek feature rather than a built landmark, and the surrounding canyon walls rise over 50 feet above the stream.

The name comes from the delicate 6-foot lower tier, which drops into a round pool about 6 inches deep before the creek spills over sticks and rocks. The upper falls, a few hundred feet upstream, is far less known and partly hidden by fallen trees.

Access is via the 2-mile (3.2 km) Iverson Trail, which starts on the north side of the park's Nature Center; the Sequoia Nature Trail begins on the south side and later meets it. A narrow side trail leaves the mouth of Fall Creek and winds upstream to the falls. To reach the upper falls, scramble up the right side of the main drop; the left side is wetter and mossier and more dangerous to climb.

The upper falls, about 8 feet (2.4 m) tall, sits a few hundred feet upstream and is far less known than the main drop. To reach it, hikers scramble up the right side of Tip Toe Falls, since the left side is wetter and mossier; the upper falls then appears on the left of the canyon, hidden behind several fallen trees.