Cline Falls
Oregon · 20-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Cline Falls is 118 cfs today, around its seasonal average.
Expect dry conditions today — don't drive out for this one. Flow is at 101 cfs (bottom 21% of the last 30 days, vs. 111.7 cfs average). The 7-day NOAA forecast shows no significant rain.
Right now
Heads up:
- Air quality is unhealthy (AQI 187). Sensitive groups should limit time outside.
Streamflow
118 cfs
CROOKED RIVER BLW OSBORNE · 35m ago
Overnight
51°F
Patchy Smoke
Tuesday
86°F
Sunny then Patchy Smoke
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:47 AM · Sunset 8:35 PM · 14h 48m
Snapshot built 13m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PDT.
Cline Falls is a waterfall in Oregon. It drops roughly 20 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.
Cline Falls is in Oregon. It drops along Deschutes River. The base sits at roughly 2,840 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 3 minutes from Eagle Crest. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 50 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. 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.
Cline Falls is a 20 ft-high (6.1 m) segmented steep cascade waterfall on the Deschutes River. It is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Redmond, Oregon, United States. The waterfall is named for Cass A. Cline, who owned the land adjacent to the falls in the early 20th century. The falls occur just north of the point where Oregon Route 126 crosses the Deschutes River. The riparian area around Cline Falls provides habitat for a variety of fish and wildlife species.
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 14087380 · 10.4 mi away
CROOKED RIVER BLW OSBORNE CANYON, NR OPAL CITY, OR
— Distant gauge — proxy reading, not on the same drainage.
View live discharge data →
30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 164 cfs · 62% of last year — significantly drier
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 | 43 | 28 | 3.2 | 12.8 |
| Feb | 45 | 27 | 1.7 | 11.6 |
| Mar | 50 | 29 | 1.6 | 11.8 |
| Apr | 57 | 34 | 1.5 | 6.4 |
| May | 66 | 41 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Jun | 76 | 50 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Jul | 89 | 56 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Aug | 86 | 56 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Sep | 78 | 48 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Oct | 65 | 39 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Nov | 48 | 31 | 3.3 | 8.2 |
| Dec | 42 | 27 | 4 | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cline Falls (this page) | — | 20 ft | — | — | — |
| Cline Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Odin Falls | 3 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Awbrey Falls | 6 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Big Falls | 7 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Steelhead Falls | 10 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
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Questions visitors ask about Cline 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 Cline Falls?
Cline Falls is 20 feet (6.1 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Cline Falls from a major city?
Cline Falls is 2 miles from Eagle Crest (about 3 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
44.2769, -121.2585
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cline_Falls
Wikidata (Q65059280)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65059280
GeoNames (5719630)
https://www.geonames.org/5719630/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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