Oregon
Plaikni Falls
88 mi from Bend · ~2.5 hr drive
No height recorded
Plaikni Falls is a named waterfall in Oregon — about 88 miles from Bend, OR. Full visit details below.
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city
- Bend, OR · 88 mi · ~2.5 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 42.9095°, -122.0493°
From Wikipedia: Plaikni Falls, is a waterfall located along the East Rim Drive within the Crater Lake National Park at the south end of Mount Scott, in Klamath County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The waterfall is located in a glacier carved cliff surrounded by walls of petrified volcanic ash consequence of Mount Mazama eruption. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Plaikni Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Plaikni Falls
The exact location is at 42.9095°, -122.0493° — 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.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Bend, OR — 88 miles away (~2.5 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Plaikni 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.