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Multnomah Falls
Oregon · 541-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Multnomah Falls is light today (18 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Expect dry conditions today — don't drive out for this one. Flow is at 18.9 cfs (bottom 10% of the last 30 days, vs. 26 cfs average). The 7-day NOAA forecast shows no significant rain.
Right now
Streamflow
17.7 cfs
NORTH FORK BULL RUN · 1h ago
Overnight
56°F
Mostly Clear
Friday
81°F
Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:29 AM · Sunset 8:57 PM · 15h 29m
Snapshot built 7m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PQR.
Multnomah Falls is a waterfall in Oregon. It drops roughly 541 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.
Multnomah Falls is in Oregon. It drops along Multnomah Creek. The base sits at roughly 738 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 12 minutes from North Bonneville. A trail — Top of the Falls Trail #441A — runs within 10 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.
Multnomah Falls is a waterfall located on Multnomah Creek in the Columbia River Gorge, east of Troutdale, between Corbett and Dodson, Oregon, United States. The waterfall is accessible from the Historic Columbia River Highway and Interstate 84. Spanning two tiers on basalt cliffs, it is the tallest waterfall in the state of Oregon at 620 ft (189 m) in height. The Multnomah Creek Bridge, built in 1914, crosses below the falls, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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 14138900 · 6.8 mi away
NORTH FORK BULL RUN RIVER NEAR MULTNOMAH FALLS, OR
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 12.7 cfs · 149% 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 | 44 | 35 | 17.5 | 12 |
| Feb | 45 | 35 | 11.8 | 13.2 |
| Mar | 50 | 37 | 8.5 | 12.8 |
| Apr | 56 | 41 | 8.1 | 7.6 |
| May | 64 | 48 | 7.3 | 1.4 |
| Jun | 71 | 53 | 5.9 | 0 |
| Jul | 81 | 58 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Aug | 81 | 59 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 74 | 56 | 4.6 | 0 |
| Oct | 62 | 49 | 9.1 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 49 | 39 | 16.1 | 7.2 |
| Dec | 43 | 35 | 17.4 | 13.4 |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.
Live webcams
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multnomah Falls (this page) | — | 541 ft | — | — | — |
| Lower Multnomah Falls | 0 mi | 69 ft | — | — | — |
| Shady Creek Falls | 0 mi | 177 ft | — | — | — |
| Dutchman Falls | 0 mi | 33 ft | — | — | — |
| Wiesendanger Falls | 0 mi | 49 ft | — | — | — |
| Ecola Falls | 0 mi | 55 ft | — | — | — |
Side-by-side comparisons
Multnomah Falls compared head-to-head with other documented falls — height, access, fees, dogs, swimmability in one row each.
Related waterfalls
Similar height (~541 ft)
- Bird Woman Falls560 ft
- Keekwulee Falls561 ft
- Mist Falls518 ft
- Silver Strand Falls574 ft
- Ithaca Falls492 ft
Questions visitors ask about Multnomah 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 Multnomah Falls?
Multnomah Falls is 541 feet (165 m) tall. Source heights disagree by source — see the discrepancy box on the page.
How far is Multnomah Falls from a major city?
Multnomah Falls is 8 miles from North Bonneville (about 12 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
45.5760, -122.1152
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multnomah_Falls
Wikidata (Q37319)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37319
GeoNames (5742142)
https://www.geonames.org/5742142/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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