Oregon
Willamette Falls
12 mi from Portland · ~20 min drive
39ft tall
≈ 12 m
≈ 12 m
Willamette Falls is a named waterfall in Oregon — a smaller 39-foot cascade, about 12 miles from Portland, OR. Full visit details below.
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city
- Portland, OR · 12 mi · ~20 min drive
- Height
- 39 ft (12 m)
- Coordinates
- 45.3511°, -122.6195°
From Wikipedia: The Willamette Falls is a natural waterfall in the northwestern United States, located on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon. The largest waterfall in the Northwest U.S. by volume, it is the seventeenth widest in the world. Horseshoe in shape, it is 1,500 feet (455 m) wide and forty feet (12 m) high, with a flow rate of 30,850 cu ft/s (874 m3/s). Located 26 miles (42 km) upriver from the Willamette's mouth at Portland, Willamette Falls is a culturally significant site for many tribal communities in the region. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Willamette Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Willamette Falls
The exact location is at 45.3511°, -122.6195° — 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 Portland, OR — 12 miles away (~20 min drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Willamette 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.