Pillar Falls
Idaho · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Pillar Falls is running at 464 cfs — well above seasonal normal.
Right now
Streamflow
464 cfs
SNAKE RIVER NR TWIN · 1h ago
Overnight
57°F
Clear
Friday
98°F
Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:09 AM · Sunset 9:16 PM · 15h 7m
Snapshot built 6m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS BOI.
Pillar Falls is a waterfall in Twin Falls County, Idaho. 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.
Pillar Falls sits in Twin Falls County, Idaho. It drops along Several basalt pillars divide the Snake River. The base sits at roughly 3,149 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 4 minutes from Twin Falls. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 160 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 and USGS GNIS.
Pillar Falls is a waterfall near Twin Falls, Idaho. Several basalt pillars divide the Snake River into multiple channels, through which the river drops about 20 feet.
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 13090500 · 2.4 mi away
SNAKE RIVER NR TWIN FALLS ID
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 2,010 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pillar Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shoshone Falls | 1 mi | 212 ft | — | — | — |
| Perrine Coulee Falls | 2 mi | 233 ft | — | — | — |
| Twin Falls | 4 mi | 125 ft | easy · 0.1 mi | Y | Free |
| Auger Falls | 5 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Devils Washboard Falls | 18 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Pillar 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 Pillar Falls from a major city?
Pillar Falls is 3 miles from Twin Falls (about 4 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
42.5988, -114.4308
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillar_Falls
Wikidata (Q7194131)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7194131
GeoNames (5603735)
https://www.geonames.org/5603735/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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