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he great density of waterfalls on the side The two tiers of this falls can be seen from the bridge Falls on Highway 30. Triple Falls plunges along of the Gorge is due to the steepness of the cliffs crossing at Sheppards Dell , two miles west Oneonta Creek. It is of triplet form, not triple as the Ton that side. Because the entire region’s on the Historic Highway from Exit 28 off I-84. The name implies. material is tilted slightly southward, have lower falls is a horsetail formation and the upper falls is modified the slope on the side. When a plunge formation. water saturated, the upper basaltic layers on the north Type: horsetail side of the slide into the Gorge. Thus, waterfalls Bridal Veil Falls Height: 176 feet on the Washington side are fewer and smaller. Type: tiered Access: car or hike Height: upper falls: 60–100 feet; This classic example of Listed below are the lower falls 40–60 feet a horsetail fall along waterfalls in the Access: car or hike Horsetail Creek can be River Gorge Scenic Area Bridal Veil Creek abruptly drops twice. A short viewed from a turnout on that shouldn’t be missed. winds down to the base of the lower tier. Along the the Historic Highway, 2.5 pathway, look across the towards miles east of Multnomah views of seasonal falls on the Washington side of the Falls. Type: plunge Gorge. Height: 620 feet Access: car or hike Type: tiered This is the most visited Type: tiered Height: upper 15–25 feet; Horsetail Falls scenic site in Oregon. Height: 242 feet lower 50–70 feet (photo courtesy of the USDA Forest Service) Multnomah Falls is the Access: car or hike Access: hike second-highest year-round This fall along This thunderous waterfall can be accessed from the waterfall in the United Multnomah Falls Wahkeena Creek Trail parking . Start at the trailhead States. Wahkeena Falls (photo courtesy of the can be seen from the and hike 0.5 mile to the trail’s end at the falls. East USDA Forest Service) (photo courtesy of the Wahkeena picnic USDA Forest Service) Fork Falls can also be seen streaming above the descent area across the from a vantage on the west side of Tanner Creek. Type: plunge Historic Highway. There are parking spaces at the Height: 249 feet picnic area. The Yakama Tribe word “wahkeena” Access: car or hike means “most beautiful.” Type: plunge Located in Guy W. Talbot State Park, this fall of Height: 100–150 feet Latourell Creek is named after Joseph Latourell, a Access: hike prominent settler. It’s a short Type: fan The viewpoint is 1.5 miles from the trailhead of Eagle walk from the park’s picnic area to the viewpoint. Height: 20–30 feet Creek Trail #440 in Eagle Creek Park. The waterfall Access: hike Upper Latourell Falls was named in 1915 after the legendary Indian goddess This fall along Wahkeena Creek is 1.1 miles up from of . Type: plunge the trailhead of Wahkeena Trail #420. You can access Height: 75–100 feet this trailhead at Wahkeena Falls. Access: hike Type: punchbowl This fall is 0.8 miles along the trail from Latourell Triple Falls Height: 10–15 feet Falls. It is possible to walk behind the falling water. Type: segmented Access: hike Height: 100–135 feet Punch Bowl Falls may sound short, but it is exquisite Sheppards Dell Falls Access: hike and a classic example of a punchbowl formation. Like Type: tiered The Triple Falls viewpoint is on Oneonta Trail #424, Metlako Falls, it is also at Eagle Creek Park. Hike 2.1 Height: upper falls 35–50 feet; 1.7 miles from its trailhead. The trailhead is 0.8 miles miles from the trailhead of Eagle Creek Trail #440 (0.6 lower falls 40–60 feet past the junction with Horsetail Falls Trail #438. The mile past Metlako Falls viewpoint) to a short side trail Access: car or hike Horsetail Falls trailhead is 2.5 miles east of Multnomah leading to the falls. dpe rmteUD oetSriewbiea http:// at website Service Forest USDA the from Adapted fyur oigfo h at xtI8 tDdo Ei 5,Bia el(xt2) rCret(xt22)]. (Exit Corbett or 28), (Exit Veil (Exit Bridal Veil 35), Bridal (Exit 22), Dodson (Exit at Corbett I-84 18), exit (Exit east, Park the State from Clark coming and you’re Lewis If 17), (Exit Troutdale 35). at (Exit I-84 Dodson exit or west, 28), the from Historic coming the you’re of If portion a from accessible are waterfalls The

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