Best dog-friendly waterfall hikes in Oregon
147 verified hikes from our directory of 384 Oregon waterfalls.
What we mean by dog friendly
Dog-friendly means the land manager allows leashed dogs on this specific trail. State parks and National Forests usually do; National Park trails almost never. We mark dog_friendly only when we've confirmed the policy applies to the trail, not just the parking lot.
One caveat: Leash rules are enforced. Bring a 6-foot leash, waste bags, and water for the dog. Hot rock and pavement burn paws — check temperature with your hand for 5 seconds before letting them walk on it.
Gear hint: Our dog Brook carries her own water in a fitted pack; we carry her booties for shale and hot pavement. Cold-water tail-tuck on small breeds is real — keep them out of glacial plunge pools.
The 147 picks
Each opens to a full page with trail distance, elevation gain, parking, fee, best months, and live conditions when available.
Alkali Falls
131 ft · Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness
Annice Falls
height unverified · Siuslaw National Forest
Barr Creek Falls
height unverified · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
BC Creek Falls
height unverified · Eagle Cap Wilderness
Beaver Creek Falls
height unverified · Siuslaw National Forest
Bridal Veil Falls
118 ft · Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Cabin Creek Falls
220 ft · Starvation Creek State Park
Camp Benson Falls
85 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Cannonball Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Clackamas Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood National Forest
Clark Creek Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Coe Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Cooper Spur Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Coopey Falls
150 ft · Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Copper Creek Falls
height unverified · Eagle Cap Wilderness
Diamond Creek Falls
90 ft · 3.2 mi · 900 ft climb · Willamette National Forest
Double Falls
184 ft · Silver Falls State Park
Drake Falls
26 ft · Silver Falls State Park
Drift Creek Falls
75 ft · Siuslaw National Forest
Dry Creek Falls
72 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
East Fork Falls
height unverified · Eagle Cap Wilderness
Elk Wallow Falls
height unverified · Siuslaw National Forest
Elowah Falls
213 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Emerald Falls
height unverified · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Fairy Falls
20 ft · 2.8 mi · 850 ft climb · Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
Fall Creek Falls
160 ft · Diamond Peak Wilderness
Fall River Falls
height unverified · Deschutes National Forest
Falls
height unverified · Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness
Final Falls
height unverified · Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
Flume Creek Falls
height unverified · Opal Creek Wilderness
Four Mile Falls
95 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Frenchie Falls
height unverified · Silver Falls State Park
Frustration Falls
height unverified · Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
Gorton Creek Falls
height unverified · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Grand Union Falls
41 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Gunaldo Falls
height unverified · Siuslaw National Forest
Harrison Falls
height unverified · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Henline Falls
height unverified · Opal Creek Wilderness
Hideaway Falls
height unverified · Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
Hole-in-the-Wall Falls
96 ft · Starvation Creek State Park
Homestead Falls
height unverified · Siuslaw National Forest
Horseshoe Falls
height unverified · Lower John Day Wilderness Study Area
Horsetail Falls
214 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Hunter Falls
height unverified · Eagle Cap Wilderness
Kalakwahtie Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Lancaster Falls
231 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Lindsey Creek Falls
53 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Linton Falls
615 ft · 5.2 mi · 900 ft climb · Three Sisters Wilderness
Little Niagara Falls
height unverified · Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
Lookingglass Falls
height unverified · Umatilla National Forest
Loowit Falls
78 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Lower Clackamas Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood National Forest
Lower Dryer Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Lower Falls Little Minam River
height unverified · Eagle Cap Wilderness
Lower Heather Canyon Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Lower Kentucky Falls
117 ft · 3.8 mi · 895 ft climb · Siuslaw National Forest
Lower Lancaster Falls
20 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Lower North Falls
30 ft · Silver Falls State Park
Lower Punch Bowl Falls
12 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Lower Soda Falls
height unverified · Cascadia State Park
Lower South Falls
92 ft · Silver Falls State Park
Marjorie Falls
height unverified · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
McNabb Falls
height unverified · Middle Santiam Wilderness
Memaloose Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood National Forest
Metlako Falls
102 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Middle Heather Canyon Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Middle Mimie Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Middle North Falls
105 ft · Silver Falls State Park
Middle Oneonta Falls
24 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Mill Creek Falls
173 ft · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
Mimie Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Minam Falls
height unverified · Eagle Cap Wilderness
Moffett Falls
height unverified · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Moon Falls
height unverified · Umpqua National Forest
Moose Creek Falls
height unverified · Cascadia State Park
Mosier Creek Falls
height unverified · Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Muir Creek Falls
height unverified · Umpqua National Forest
Munra Falls
68 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Nenamusa Falls
height unverified · Siuslaw National Forest
Newton Creek Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Niagara Falls
135 ft · Siuslaw National Forest
Nick Eaton Falls
height unverified · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
North Falls
135 ft · Silver Falls State Park
North Fork Falls
height unverified · Siuslaw National Forest
Oneonta Falls
98 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Pacific Crest Falls
height unverified · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Pegleg Falls
height unverified · Bull of the Woods Wilderness
Pencil Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Pheasant Creek Falls
125 ft · Siuslaw National Forest
Pinard Falls
height unverified · Umpqua National Forest
Ponytail Falls
88 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Proxy Falls
226 ft · Three Sisters Wilderness
Punch Bowl Falls
36 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Punchbowl Canyon Falls
height unverified · Siuslaw National Forest
Rinehart Falls
height unverified · Lower Owyhee Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Root Beer Falls
height unverified · Fremont-Winema National Forest
Rough Rider Falls
height unverified · Umpqua National Forest
Salt Creek Falls
286 ft · Diamond Peak Wilderness
Sawmill Falls
height unverified · Opal Creek Wilderness
Shepperd's Dell Falls
82 ft · Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Skoonichuk Falls
48 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Sorenson Falls
164 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
South Falls
177 ft · Silver Falls State Park
South Umpqua Falls
15 ft · 0.25 mi · 50 ft climb · Umpqua National Forest
Spirit Falls
height unverified · Umpqua National Forest
Split Falls
height unverified · Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
Stair Creek Falls
height unverified · Wild Rogue Wilderness
Starvation Creek Falls
227 ft · Starvation Creek State Park
Steelhead Falls
height unverified · Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area
Stein Falls
height unverified · Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
Stranahan Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Sullivan Creek Falls
height unverified · Opal Creek Wilderness
Summit Creek Falls
30 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Sweet Creek Falls
height unverified · Siuslaw National Forest
Switchback Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Tamanawas Falls
108 ft · 3.3 mi · 597 ft climb · Mount Hood National Forest
Taylor Creek Falls
height unverified · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
Tenas Falls
18 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
The Horn
height unverified · Siuslaw National Forest
Thompson Falls
height unverified · Umatilla National Forest
Triple Falls
64 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Tunnel Falls
172 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Twin Falls
30 ft · Silver Falls State Park
Twister Falls
148 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Umbrella Falls
59 ft · Mount Hood Wilderness
Upper Coopey Falls
height unverified · Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Upper Dryer Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Upper Heather Canyon Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Upper Kentucky Falls
height unverified · Siuslaw National Forest
Upper McCord Creek Falls
64 ft · 2.6 mi · 712 ft climb · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Upper Munra Falls
height unverified · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Upper North Falls
66 ft · Silver Falls State Park
Upper Oneonta Falls
65 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Upper Proxy Falls
129 ft · Three Sisters Wilderness
Upper Soda Falls
height unverified · Cascadia State Park
Upper Wahe Falls
50 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Vanishing Falls
height unverified · Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
Waespe Falls
height unverified · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Wahclella Falls
height unverified · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Wahclella Falls
127 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Wahe Falls
80 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Wallalute Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Wallowa Falls
height unverified · Eagle Cap Wilderness
Wapiti Falls
height unverified · Mount Hood Wilderness
Wauna Falls
height unverified · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Winter Falls
135 ft · Silver Falls State Park
Wy'east Falls
157 ft · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Before you go: 5 things we always check
- The official land manager's page for road and trail closures (linked on every individual waterfall page).
- The weather forecast for the area AND upstream — flash floods come from rain miles away.
- Recent ranger or hiker reports for slippery rock conditions.
- Whether the trail crosses a creek without a bridge — water levels change daily in snowmelt season.
- Cell coverage at the trailhead. Download offline maps in advance.
See our full safety disclaimer for the dangers we've flagged on individual waterfalls. Several have fatalities on record.