Portland: Triple Falls

Wet your adventure whistle on this 5-mile out-and-back to four waterfalls and countless swimming holes in the picturesque Oneonta Gorge.

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Trail Facts

  • Distance: 3.2

Waypoints

TFO001

Location: 45.5905494689941, -122.068168640137

Trailhead located L of Horsetail Falls; begin steady climb

TFO010

Location: 45.5777320861816, -122.072380065918

Bridge and stream pools above Triple Falls, return same way to trailhead

TFO002

Location: 45.590217590332, -122.06568145752

R onto Gorge Trail, first view of Columbia River

TFO003

Location: 45.5898017883301, -122.067749023438

Great river views to R, basalt cliffs to L

TFO004

Location: 45.5896339416504, -122.068283081055

Ponytail Falls

TFO005

Location: 45.5892181396484, -122.073036193848

L @ Y

TFO006

Location: 45.5867347717285, -122.072547912598

200-ft. cliffs on L

TFO007

Location: 45.5854034423828, -122.072463989258

Oneonta Falls, grand wooden bridge

TFO008

Location: 45.5861015319824, -122.073364257812

L @ T, begin steeper grade through old-growth forest

TFO009

Location: 45.5820236206055, -122.073081970215

R @ Y, first view of Triple Falls

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