Upper McCord Creek Falls

The Upper McCord Creek Falls was an attractive double-barreled waterfall said to have a height of about 64ft. As you can see from the photo at the top of this page, I happened to see this falls…

Lower Oneonta Falls

Lower Oneonta Falls is one of those waterfalls where you have to go on a bit of an adventure to see. Now why go through all the trouble if the Columbia River Gorge is chock full of waterfalls?

Ponytail Falls (Upper Horsetail Falls)

Ponytail Falls is kind of like a “Mini Me” version of Horsetail Falls. That’s because this waterfall also features the strange hourglass shape and dual chute profile feature…

Triple Falls

Triple Falls was definitely one of the more distinct waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge area. While most of the falls in this waterfall-rich area could be all similar in appearance with…

Middle Oneonta Falls

The Middle Oneonta Falls was one of four waterfalls on the Oneonta Creek within the Oneonta Gorge. It got the name “middle” because there was another waterfall immediately downstream…

Elowah Falls

Elowah Falls was another one of the distinct plunging waterfalls situated in John B. Yeon State Park more towards the eastern end of what we perceived to be the “waterfalls area” along the…

Wahclella Falls (Tanner Creek Falls)

Wahclella Falls (also known as Tanner Creek Falls) is one of the relatively lesser known waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge. To get to it, you have to do a roughly 2-mile…

Metlako Falls

Metlako Falls is the first main waterfall on Eagle Creek. Due to the steepness of the gorge, your view of the falls is rather distant from a lookout that hugs the nearly…

Punch Bowl Falls

Punch Bowl Falls (sometimes spelled Punchbowl Falls) was perhaps the main attraction of the Eagle Creek Gorge. For such a modestly-sized waterfall at 30-35ft, it was a very popular waterfall…

Starvation Creek Falls

Starvation Creek Falls probably doesn’t quite get the publicity that other essentially roadside attractions get in the Columbia River Gorge area. Perhaps it’s because most visitors…

Multnomah Falls

Multnomah Falls is easily the Columbia River Gorge’s most famous waterfall and could very well be the state of Oregon’s prime natural attraction. While our visits here have constantly shown…

Latourell Falls

Latourell Falls was a gorgeous waterfall that had the distinction of being the closest major waterfall of the Columbia River Gorge to the City of Portland. It possessed remarkable overhanging…

Horsetail Falls

Horsetail Falls was another one of the really easy waterfalls to visit within the Columbia River Gorge. Perhaps the hardest part about a visit to this waterfall would be finding a parking spot…

Wahkeena Falls

Wahkeena Falls sits just east of the Bridal Veil exit on the way to Multnomah Falls. Like many other waterfalls in this gorge area (let alone the state), there’s a bridge…

Bridal Veil Falls

Bridal Veil Falls offers a pretty quiet experience as this two-tiered waterfall requires a short but pleasant walk to see. It sits unconspicuously beneath the Historic Columbia…

Shepperd’s Dell Waterfall

The Shepperds Dell Waterfall would probably escape the attention of many visitors if not for the signposted bridge and attractively rugged gorge right below it…