Oregon

Drift Creek Falls

70 mi from Portland · ~2.0 hr drive

75ft tall
≈ 23 m

Drift Creek Falls is a named waterfall in Oregon — a 75-foot drop, about 70 miles from Portland, OR. Full visit details below.

State
Oregon
Nearest city
Portland, OR · 70 mi · ~2.0 hr drive
Height
75 ft (23 m)
Coordinates
44.9332°, -123.8507°
County
Marion
From Wikipedia: Drift Creek Falls is a waterfall formed west of Valley of the Giants, east side of the city of Lincoln City in Lincoln County, Oregon. Access to Drift Creek Falls is located along a trail constructed by the Forest Service in the 1990s and features a 240 foot long suspension bridge crossing Drift Creek. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Drift Creek Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Visiting Drift Creek Falls

Trip planning

The exact location is at 44.9332°, -123.8507° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.

Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.

If you've visited Drift Creek Falls and have current notes (parking situation, dog policy, seasonality, kid-friendliness), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn more.

Stay nearby

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Other waterfalls within 30 miles

11 nearby

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Echo Falls

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Valsetz Falls

8 miles from Drift Creek Falls

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Euchre Falls

9 miles from Drift Creek Falls

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Chitwood Falls

12 miles from Drift Creek Falls

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Gunaldo Falls

12 miles from Drift Creek Falls

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Berry Creek Falls

19 miles from Drift Creek Falls

Sources

Public data

Location and tag data for Drift Creek Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.