Willamette Falls
Oregon · 39-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Willamette Falls is running at 272 cfs — well above seasonal normal.
Right now
Streamflow
272 cfs
TUALATIN RIVER AT WEST · 14m ago
Overnight
58°F
Mostly Clear
Thursday
77°F
Partly Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:42 AM · Sunset 7:32 PM · 12h 50m
Snapshot built 4m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PQR.
Willamette Falls is a waterfall in Clackamas County, Oregon. It drops roughly 39 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.
Willamette Falls sits in Clackamas County, Oregon. It drops along Willamette River. The base sits at roughly 23 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 2 minutes from West Linn. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 20 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.
The Willamette Falls is a natural waterfall in the northwestern United States, located on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon. The largest waterfall in the Northwest U.S. by volume, it is the seventeenth widest in the world. Horseshoe in shape, it is 1,500 feet (455 m) wide and forty feet (12 m) high, with a flow rate of 30,850 cu ft/s (874 m3/s). Located 26 miles (42 km) upriver from the Willamette's mouth at Portland, Willamette Falls is a culturally significant site for many tribal communities in the region.
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 14207500 · 2.8 mi away
TUALATIN RIVER AT WEST LINN, OR
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30-day streamflow
Above 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 242 cfs · 120% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette Falls (this page) | — | 39 ft | — | — | — |
| Coffee Creek Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Singer Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Tumble Creek Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Hidden Falls | 7 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Knapp Falls | 9 mi | — | — | — | — |
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Questions visitors ask about Willamette 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 Willamette Falls?
Willamette Falls is 39 feet (12 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Willamette Falls from a major city?
Willamette Falls is 1 miles from West Linn (about 2 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
45.3511, -122.6195
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Falls
Wikidata (Q8003290)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8003290
GeoNames (7302695)
https://www.geonames.org/7302695/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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