Wahkeena Falls Recreation Site

Wahkeena Falls Recreation Site is in Multnomah, Oregon. Wahkeena Falls Recreation Site is situated nearby to the waterfall Fairy Falls, as well as near Multnomah Falls.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wahkeena Falls and Multnomah Falls.

Wahkeena Falls

Waterfall

Wahkeena Falls is a 242-foot waterfall in the Columbia River Gorge in the state of Oregon. The waterfall is unlike nearby Multnomah Falls in that the water does not directly plunge to the ground.

Multnomah Falls

Waterfall

Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.

Multnomah Falls is a waterfall located on Multnomah Creek in the Columbia River Gorge, east of Troutdale, between Corbett and Dodson, Oregon, United States.

Fairy Falls is a 20-foot waterfall on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge in the United States. As part of a tributary of Wahkeena Creek, Fairy Falls is located upstream from the much larger Wahkeena Falls. Fairy Falls is situated 2,300 feet southeast of Wahkeena Falls Recreation Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bridal Veil and Dodson.

Bridal Veil

Hamlet

Photo: Huron Herbert Smith, No restrictions.

Bridal Veil is a virtual ghost town located in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It was established in the 1880s during a logging boom by a logging company as it harvested timber on nearby Larch Mountain to be a company mill town around a sawmill. Bridal Veil is situated 2 miles southwest of Wahkeena Falls Recreation Site.

Dodson

Hamlet

Dodson is an unincorporated community in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 4½ miles east of Multnomah Falls and one mile west of Warrendale, in the Columbia River Gorge on Interstate 84/U.S. Route 30. Dodson is situated 5 miles northeast of Wahkeena Falls Recreation Site.

Latourell

Hamlet

Latourell is an unincorporated community located in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, on the Historic Columbia River Highway about eight miles east of Troutdale and 5.5 miles west of Multnomah Falls. Latourell is situated 5 miles southwest of Wahkeena Falls Recreation Site.

Wahkeena Falls Recreation Site

Location: Multnomah, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.57595° or 45° 34′ 33″ north

Longitude

-122.1287° or 122° 7′ 43″ west

Elevation

69 feet (21 metres)

Open location code

84QVHVGC+9G

GeoNames ID

5758847

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