Wahkeena Falls
Oregon · 242-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Wahkeena Falls is light today (9 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
9.48 cfs
NORTH FORK BULL RUN · 19m ago
Overnight
61°F
Partly Cloudy
Thursday
77°F
Partly Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:40 AM · Sunset 7:31 PM · 12h 51m
Snapshot built 5m 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.
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
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 9.2 cfs · 105% 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.
Related waterfalls
On the same watercourse (Columbia River)
- Wiesendanger Falls49 ft
Similar height (~242 ft)
- Upper Wallace Falls240 ft
- Huntington Falls246 ft
- Paradise Branch Falls246 ft
- Big Creek Falls236 ft
- Lower Twin Falls236 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
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahkeena_Falls
Wikidata (Q38034)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38034
GeoNames (5758851)
https://www.geonames.org/5758851/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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