Deer Lick Falls
Oregon · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Deer Lick Falls is light today (36 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Expect dry conditions today — don't drive out for this one. Flow is at 36.8 cfs (bottom 0% of the last 30 days, vs. 44.9 cfs average). The 7-day NOAA forecast shows no significant rain.
Right now
Streamflow
35.5 cfs
FISH CREEK ABV SLIPPER · 35m ago
Overnight
54°F
Areas Of Smoke
Tuesday
80°F
Areas Of Smoke
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:56 AM · Sunset 8:37 PM · 14h 41m
Snapshot built 12m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS MFR.
No verified photo yet
Deer Lick Falls is a waterfall in Douglas 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.
Deer Lick Falls sits in Douglas County, Oregon. It drops along Deer Lick Falls is a small waterfall from the Black Rock fork of the South Umpqua River. The base sits at roughly 2,493 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 38 minutes from Prospect. A trail — Bow Creek — runs within 90 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.
Deer Lick Falls is a small waterfall from the Black Rock fork of the South Umpqua River in Douglas County, Oregon. Access to Deer Lick Falls is from Forest Road 28, approximately 4 miles northeast of South Umpqua Falls.
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 14315950 · 9.6 mi away
FISH CREEK ABV SLIPPER CREEK NR TOKETEE FALLS, OR
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 76.4 cfs · 48% of last year — significantly drier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Lick Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Falls | 5 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| South Umpqua Falls | 7 mi | 15 ft | easy · 0.25 mi | Y | Free |
| Clover Falls | 9 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Yakso Falls | 9 mi | 60 ft | — | — | — |
| Hemlock Falls | 10 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Deer Lick 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 Deer Lick Falls from a major city?
Deer Lick Falls is 26 miles from Prospect (about 38 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
43.1291, -122.5820
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Lick_Falls_(Oregon)
Wikidata (Q38252057)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38252057
GeoNames (5722748)
https://www.geonames.org/5722748/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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