Wahkeena Falls
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, United States
- Also known as: “Gordon Falls”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Multnomah Falls and Fairy Falls.
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
Waterfall
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.
Wiesendanger Falls
Waterfall
Wiesendanger Falls, also known as Double Falls and Twanklaskie Falls, is a 50-foot waterfall on the Columbia River Gorge, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States.
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 2½ miles southwest of Wahkeena Falls.
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.
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.
Wahkeena Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Multnomah, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.57466° or 45° 34′ 29″ northLongitude
-122.1276° or 122° 7′ 39″ westElevation
607 feet (185 metres)Height
242 feet (74 metres)Open location code
84QVHVFC+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 910313597OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
5758851Wikidata ID
Q38034
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Wahkeena Falls” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “瓦克拿瀑布”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار واکینا”
- Mazanderani: “واکینا ئوشار”
- Persian: “آبشار واکینا”
- Persian: “ابشار واکینا”
- Polish: “Wahkeena Falls”
- Tajik: “Ваҳкина”
- Tajik: “Обшори Ваҳкина”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Ваҳкина”
- Urdu: “واکینا آبشار”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dalton Point and Multnomah Basin.
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Highlights include Lemmons Viewpoint and Mist Falls.
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