Alsea Falls
Oregon · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Alsea Falls is light today (3 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
2.54 cfs
EAST FORK LOBSTER CREEK · 31m ago
Overnight
50°F
Clear
Saturday
88°F
Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:29 AM · Sunset 8:58 PM · 15h 29m
Snapshot built 17m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PQR.
Alsea Falls is a waterfall in Benton County, Oregon. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Alsea Falls is a waterfall located in the Central Oregon Coast Range, 13 miles west of Monroe, in Benton County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is 30 feet fall and is part of the Alsea Falls trailhead and Recreation Site.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 14306340 · 9 mi away
EAST FORK LOBSTER CREEK NEAR ALSEA, OR.
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 2 cfs · 170% of last year — significantly wetter
When to go (from the climate data, not our opinion)
Monthly averages from Open-Meteo's reanalysis dataset (2020–2024). Highlighted months are when we think the waterfall is at its best — but the numbers are the numbers regardless.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip (in) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47 | 37 | 10.1 | 5.2 |
| Feb | 47 | 35 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| Mar | 51 | 35 | 5.4 | 6.6 |
| Apr | 56 | 39 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| May | 64 | 44 | 3.5 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 71 | 49 | 2.4 | 0 |
| Jul | 83 | 54 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Aug | 83 | 55 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Sep | 75 | 52 | 1.8 | 0 |
| Oct | 63 | 46 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Nov | 50 | 38 | 7.7 | 1.8 |
| Dec | 46 | 36 | 10.1 | 4.6 |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsea Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Green Peak Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Waters of Mormon | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Fall Creek Falls | 13 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Cascade Falls | 18 mi | — | — | — | — |
| The Horn | 23 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
Questions visitors ask about Alsea Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Alsea Falls from a major city?
Alsea Falls is 6 miles from Alpine (about 9 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
44.3264, -123.4916
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsea_Falls
Wikidata (Q29699517)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29699517
GeoNames (5711128)
https://www.geonames.org/5711128/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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