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Location: Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Multnomah Falls, Multnomah County
Stream: Wahkeena Creek
Alternate Names:

Height: 242 ft.
Access:   car   dog  
Distance: n/a
Elevation: 100 ft.
Season: year-round
Form:   tiered
Lat/Long:45.57359, -122.12697
Directions:Along I-84, take exit 31 at the signed turnoff for Multnomah Falls (31 miles east of Portland). Drive 0.7 miles west of Multnomah Falls on the Columbia Gorge Scenic Hwy to the signed turnoff for Wahkeena Falls.

Wahkeena means "most beautiful" in Yakama Indian. Wahkeena Falls tumbles 242 ft. down a mountain side. There is a short half-mile hike from the road up to a closer vantage point on a bridge crossing Wahkeena Creek. You will get so close to the falls here, you will get wet for sure. There is usually so much spray here, it is difficult, if not impossible, to photograph the waterfall (especially in the wet season). If you continue climbing up the steep Wahkeena Trail, you will come to Necktie Falls and Fairy Falls (about 1 mile past Wahkeena Falls).

Multnomah Falls OR (Elev. 200 ft)

Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 49. Breezy, with an east wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday
A 50 percent chance of rain after 2pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 68. Breezy, with an east wind 7 to 17 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
Saturday Night
Rain, mainly before 11pm. Low around 44. Breezy, with a west wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday
A 50 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind around 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 39. West wind 6 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with a high near 69.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Breezy.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Tuesday Night
A chance of rain, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.
Wednesday
A chance of rain before 11am, then a chance of showers after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 63.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.
Thursday
Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58.
Thursday Night
Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.

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