Tumalo Falls
Oregon · 89-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Tumalo Falls is light today (30 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume. October averages 5.6 snow days here.
Right now
Streamflow
29.6 cfs
BRIDGE CREEK BELOW INTAKE, · 24m ago
Overnight
39°F
Mostly Cloudy
Sunday
54°F
Mostly Cloudy
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:33 AM · Sunset 6:07 PM · 10h 34m
Snapshot built 6m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PDT.
Tumalo Falls is a waterfall in Deschutes County, Oregon. It drops roughly 89 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.
Tumalo Falls sits in Deschutes County, Oregon. It drops along Tumalo Creek. The base sits at roughly 5,117 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 13 minutes from Seventh Mountain. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 10 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Tumalo Falls is a 97-foot (30 m) waterfall on Tumalo Creek, in the Cascade Range west of Bend in the U.S. state of Oregon. Additional waterfalls are upstream along Tumalo Creek and a tributary, Bridge Creek and its Bridge Creek Falls. All of these falls are within the Deschutes National Forest.
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 14070900 · 0.2 mi away
BRIDGE CREEK BELOW INTAKE, NEAR BEND, OR
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30-day streamflow
Above 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 9.5 cfs · 313% 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 | 36 | 25 | 6.9 | 20.8 |
| Feb | 37 | 22 | 3.7 | 16.6 |
| Mar | 39 | 23 | 3 | 18.2 |
| Apr | 45 | 27 | 2.5 | 13 |
| May | 55 | 33 | 2.3 | 9.2 |
| Jun | 67 | 43 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
| Jul | 81 | 51 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Aug | 78 | 51 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Sep | 70 | 45 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 57 | 38 | 2.1 | 5.6 |
| Nov | 40 | 27 | 5.7 | 15.8 |
| Dec | 36 | 25 | 7.6 | 19.4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumalo Falls (this page) | — | 89 ft | — | — | — |
| Double Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Tumalo Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Fall Creek Falls | 8 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Falls Deschutes River | 9 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lava Island Falls | 9 mi | — | — | — | — |
Related waterfalls
Similar height (~89 ft)
- Big Falls89 ft
- Cohoes Falls89 ft
- Hemlock Falls89 ft
- Marsh Creek Falls89 ft
- Nooksack Falls89 ft
Questions visitors ask about Tumalo 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 Tumalo Falls?
Tumalo Falls is 89 feet (27.1 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Tumalo Falls from a major city?
Tumalo Falls is 9 miles from Seventh Mountain (about 13 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
44.0339, -121.5668
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumalo_Falls
Wikidata (Q7852478)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7852478
GeoNames (5757617)
https://www.geonames.org/5757617/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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