United States 
In numbers.
165m
Height
3m
Width
Mar–Apr
Nov
Best months
191m
Elevation
The water at Multnomah Falls, month by month
It roars from December to March.
The fullest months: from December to March. The thinnest: from June to September.
- 100%Jan
- 80%Feb
- 76%Mar
- 61%Apr
- 41%May
- 22%Jun
- 7%Jul
- 2%Aug
- 8%Sep
- 34%Oct
- 66%Nov
- 93%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to April and November.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in the Columbia Gorge in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Multnomah Falls is a waterfall in United States. The water falls 165 m over a front 3 m wide. It lies within Mount Hood National Forest.
Getting there.
- Washougalnearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Parking 260 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Portland International Airport (PDX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 38 km in a straight lineCar hire at PDX airport (Portland)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to April and Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 469 m in 2.4 km.
What is around.
- 4viewpointsLemmons Viewpoint and 3 more
- 5waymarked walking routesAngel's Rest Trail, Red Shorts Cut, Red Shorts Cut Route and 2 more
- 10car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- 3toilets
- 7information boards and visitor centres
- 2bus stops within 1 km
- 19other named waterfalls within 4 kmLower Multnomah Falls, Wahkeena Falls, Ecola Falls and 16 more
- —caves
- 5campsitesAinsworth Campground, Hiker/Biker, Hope Camp and 2 more
- 2hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmBridal Veil Lodge, Nesika Lodge
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Washougal18 km in a straight line
- Cascade Locks20 km in a straight line
- Troutdale22 km in a straight line
- Camas22 km in a straight line
- Stevenson22 km in a straight line
- Sandy23 km in a straight line
- Fern Prairie23 km in a straight line
- Wood Village24 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 200 | 137 | 166 | 114 | 81 | 57 | 11 | 19 | 52 | 128 | 196 | 233 |
| Wet days | 20 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 2.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 14 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (191 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 166% | 109% | 72% | 59% | 158% | 196% | 80% | 47% | 120% | 87% | 124% | 90% |
| 2021 | 113% | 184% | 47% | 23% | 63% | 78% | 11% | 19% | 176% | 105% | 135% | 123% |
| 2022 | 106% | 77% | 75% | 169% | 216% | 228% | 96% | 15% | 31% | 71% | 106% | 96% |
| 2023 | 59% | 85% | 96% | 138% | 49% | 45% | 28% | 126% | 109% | 78% | 90% | 114% |
| 2024 | 170% | 127% | 78% | 79% | 133% | 116% | 103% | 129% | 55% | 87% | 127% | 127% |
| 2025 | 54% | 138% | 125% | 50% | 74% | 41% | 53% | 165% | 69% | 114% | 90% | 155% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Multnomah Falls
United States
- 165 mHeight
- —Average flow
- Mar–Apr, NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37319) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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