Best waterfalls in Oregon
No state does waterfalls like Oregon. The Columbia Gorge alone strings dozens of them along a single highway — Multnomah the crown jewel — and that’s before the Cascades, the Umpqua’s "Highway of Waterfalls," and the mossy Coast Range. Spring snowmelt is peak; bring a rain shell and chase the light through the trees.
Oregon’s tallest, with the iconic Benson Bridge between its two tiers.
one of Oregon’s tallest, on the Umpqua’s "Highway of Waterfalls".
Oregon’s second-tallest, a thundering plunge near Willamette Pass.
a plunge over bright-yellow lichen-covered basalt in the Columbia Gorge.
a mossy veil over lava in the McKenzie Pass high country.
a tall, quiet plunge into a mossy amphitheater in the Columbia Gorge.
walk behind the curtain on the Trail of Ten Falls.
walk through a tunnel carved behind the falls on the famous Eagle Creek Trail.
a wide lacy cascade over mossy basalt on the flank of Mount Hood.
a perfect two-tier fall framed by columnar basalt on the North Umpqua.
a thundering McKenzie River fall a few steps from the car.
a broad curtain you can walk behind on the east side of Mount Hood.
a perfect plunge ringed by a columnar-basalt amphitheater.
viewed from a 240-foot suspension bridge in the Coast Range.
a churning blue-green fall steps from its sibling Sahalie.
a quieter member of Silver Falls’ Trail of Ten Falls.
a powerful two-tier fall on a short, beloved Gorge loop.
one of the most photographed scenes in the Columbia Gorge.
Flows change with the season and recent rain — many falls roar at spring snowmelt and slow by late summer. Check conditions and any permit or reservation rules before you go.