Wahkeena Falls

Oregon · 242-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15

Flow at Wahkeena Falls is light today (11 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.

Expect dry conditions today — don't drive out for this one. Flow is at 11.6 cfs (bottom 0% of the last 30 days, vs. 16.8 cfs average). The 7-day NOAA forecast shows no significant rain.

Right now

Streamflow

11.3 cfs

NORTH FORK BULL RUN · 1h ago

Overnight

60°F

Partly Cloudy

Tuesday

80°F

Mostly Sunny

Today's daylight

Sunrise 5:47 AM · Sunset 8:42 PM · 14h 55m

AQI: 37 (Good) · PM2.5 7.8 µg/m³

Snapshot built 3m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PQR.

Wahkeena Falls is a waterfall in Multnomah County, Oregon. It drops roughly 242 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.

Wahkeena Falls sits in Multnomah County, Oregon. It drops along Columbia River. The base sits at roughly 600 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 13 minutes from North Bonneville. A trail — Wahkeena Trail #420 — runs within 20 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.

Wahkeena Falls is a 242-foot (74 m) waterfall in the Columbia River Gorge in the state of Oregon.
— Wikipedia, “Wahkeena 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 14138900 · 7.1 mi away
NORTH FORK BULL RUN RIVER NEAR MULTNOMAH FALLS, OR
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30-day streamflow

Below 30-day average

2026-06-28 · low 11.6 cfstoday 11.6 cfs · avg 16.8 cfs

↻ Same date last year: 10.7 cfs · 108% of last year — similar

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
Wahkeena Falls (this page)	—	242 ft	—	—	—
Mist Falls	0 mi	518 ft	—	—	—
Fairy Falls	0 mi	20 ft	moderate · 2.8 mi	Y	$5
Dalton Falls	0 mi	—	—	—	—
Shady Creek Falls	0 mi	177 ft	—	—	—
Lower Multnomah Falls	1 mi	69 ft	—	—	—

Side-by-side comparisons

Wahkeena Falls compared head-to-head with other documented falls — height, access, fees, dogs, swimmability in one row each.

vs. Multnomah Falls

Related waterfalls

On the same watercourse (Columbia River)

Wiesendanger Falls49 ft

Similar height (~242 ft)

Questions visitors ask about Wahkeena 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 Wahkeena Falls?

Wahkeena Falls is 242 feet (73.7 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.

How far is Wahkeena Falls from a major city?

Wahkeena Falls is 9 miles from North Bonneville (about 13 minutes' drive).

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Where it is

45.5747, -122.1276

Sources and live status

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Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15

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