Oregon
Salt Creek Falls
51 mi from Bend · ~1.5 hr drive
286ft tall
≈ 87 m
≈ 87 m
Salt Creek Falls is a named waterfall in Oregon — a substantial cascade dropping 286 feet, about 51 miles from Bend, OR. Full visit details below.
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city
- Bend, OR · 51 mi · ~1.5 hr drive
- Height
- 286 ft (87 m)
- Coordinates
- 43.6119°, -122.1287°
From Wikipedia: Salt Creek Falls is a cascade and plunge waterfall on Salt Creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork Willamette River, that plunges into a gaping canyon in the Willamette National Forest near Willamette Pass in Lane County, Oregon. The waterfall is notable for its main drop of 286 feet (87 m), ranking third highest among plunge waterfalls in Oregon, after Multnomah Falls and Watson Falls.) The pool at the bottom of Salt Creek Falls waterfall is 66 feet (20 m) deep. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Salt Creek Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Salt Creek Falls
The exact location is at 43.6119°, -122.1287° — 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 — 51 miles away (~1.5 hr drive).
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Other waterfalls within 30 miles
Diamond Creek Falls
1 miles from Salt Creek Falls · 120 ft
Fall Creek Falls
1 miles from Salt Creek Falls · 160 ft
Lillian Falls
6 miles from Salt Creek Falls
Salmon Creek Falls
16 miles from Salt Creek Falls
Warm Springs Falls
19 miles from Salt Creek Falls · 60 ft
Lemolo Falls
19 miles from Salt Creek Falls · 165 ft
Sources
Location and tag data for Salt 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.