Hide and Seek: A 40-foot series of waterfalls in Berkeley? You just gotta know where to look. The adventure starts at a partly hidden stairway behind a playground...

Wet Devil: Winter and spring rains bring a softer side to this icon of the East Bay: Four waterfalls snake through the Irish-green canyons on Mount Diablo's northern flank.

Three's Company: Hike to Big Basin's three marquee waterfalls—Berry, Silver, and Golden—on this classic 11-mile loop.

Tiny Dancer: Marin's got plenty of eye-catching waterfalls, but demure Cascade Falls doesn't see many visitors. Wind your way to the rocky green grotto hidden behind Fairfax.

Tight Squeeze: It may be compact, but the three waterfalls bunched into a 1-mile loop in the Santa Cruz Mountains' Uvas Canyon County Park pack a good punch.

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