Beaver Falls
Oregon · 233-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Beaver Falls is light today (-161000 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume. October averages 4.6" of precipitation here — expect high flow.
Right now
Streamflow
-161,000 cfs
COLUMBIA RIVER AT PORT · 1h ago
Overnight
40°F
Rain Likely
Sunday
50°F
Rain
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:42 AM · Sunset 6:10 PM · 10h 28m
Snapshot built 16m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PQR.
Beaver Falls is a waterfall in Columbia County, Oregon. It drops roughly 233 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Beaver Falls sits in Columbia County, Oregon. It drops along Beaver Creek. The base sits at roughly 348 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 5 minutes from Clatskanie. A trail — Beaver Falls — runs within 80 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Beaver Falls, is a waterfall located on Beaver Creek near the town of Clatskanie in Columbia County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.
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 14246900 · 6 mi away
COLUMBIA RIVER AT PORT WESTWARD, NEAR QUINCY, OR
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 100,000 cfs · 94% of last year — similar
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 | 36 | 10.7 | 4.8 |
| Feb | 47 | 34 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| Mar | 52 | 35 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| Apr | 56 | 39 | 4.8 | 5 |
| May | 63 | 45 | 3.8 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 69 | 50 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Jul | 77 | 54 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Aug | 78 | 56 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Sep | 73 | 53 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Oct | 62 | 46 | 4.6 | 0 |
| Nov | 50 | 38 | 9.9 | 1.8 |
| Dec | 46 | 36 | 10 | 6.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Falls (this page) | — | 233 ft | — | — | — |
| Marietta Falls | 17 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Gnat Creek Falls | 17 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Stillwater Falls | 19 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Kalama River Falls | 20 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Bonnie Falls | 23 mi | — | — | — | — |
Side-by-side comparisons
Beaver Falls compared head-to-head with other documented falls — height, access, fees, dogs, swimmability in one row each.
Related waterfalls
Similar height (~233 ft)
- Perrine Coulee Falls233 ft
- Lancaster Falls231 ft
- Big Creek Falls236 ft
- Lower Twin Falls236 ft
- Twin Falls (Lower)230 ft
Questions visitors ask about Beaver Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How tall is Beaver Falls?
Beaver Falls is 233 feet (71 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Beaver Falls from a major city?
Beaver Falls is 4 miles from Clatskanie (about 5 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
46.1045, -123.1242
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Falls_(Columbia_County%2C_Oregon)
Wikidata (Q30611813)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30611813
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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