Fishhawk Falls
Oregon · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Fishhawk Falls is light today (36 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
36.3 cfs
NEHALEM RIVER AT JEWELL, · 1h ago
Overnight
43°F
Rain
Sunday
53°F
Rain
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:44 AM · Sunset 6:12 PM · 10h 28m
Snapshot built 13m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PQR.
Fishhawk Falls is a waterfall in Clatsop 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.
Fishhawk Falls sits in Clatsop County, Oregon. It drops along Fishhawk Creek. The base sits at roughly 859 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 20 minutes from Svensen. A trail — Fishhawk Falls Pit Road — runs within 180 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.
Fishhawk Falls, is a waterfall located along the Fishhawk Creek in Clatsop County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It totals 72 feet fall in one wide cascade and is the centerpiece attraction of the Lee Wooden Fishhawk Falls trailhead and Recreation Site. Fishhawk Falls is located a mile from the Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area off of Highway 202 between Jewell and Astoria.
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 14300350 · 4.7 mi away
NEHALEM RIVER AT JEWELL, OR
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 163 cfs · 22% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishhawk Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Barth Falls | 9 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Little Falls | 11 mi | — | — | — | Free |
| Gnat Creek Falls | 12 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Youngs River Falls | 12 mi | — | — | — | — |
| North Fork Falls | 13 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Fishhawk 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 Fishhawk Falls from a major city?
Fishhawk Falls is 14 miles from Svensen (about 20 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
45.9583, -123.5834
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishhawk_Falls
Wikidata (Q30625668)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30625668
GeoNames (5726802)
https://www.geonames.org/5726802/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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