8   Metlako Falls

Location: Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Bonneville, Eagle Creek Park, Hood River County Height: ~100 ft. Access:         Distance: 1.5 miles (1 way) Elevation: 200 ft. (+300 ft.) Season: Mar-Oct Difficulty: Lat/Long:45.62536, -121.89689 Directions:Going east on I-84, take exit 41 to Eagle Creek Park (41 miles east of Portland). The Eagle Creek Trail begins at the parking lot in the park. There is a parking fee.

Metlako Falls is the first major waterfall encountered along Eagle Creek Trail and is also the highest at about 100 ft. tall (it has been listed as anywhere from 80 to 150 ft. high). A short, un-signed spur trail will take you to a viewpoint of the falls. Only a long distance view is available, but even from this distance, Metlako Falls is one of the prettiest and most scenic waterfalls along Eagle Creek.

Note that Metlako Falls is not exactly located where the USGS topo maps indicate. It is just slightly upstream, where Sorenson Creek dumps into Eagle Creek. Sorenson Falls is a really nice waterfall as well, but unfortunately no views of this one are possible.

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Other waterfalls nearby:

Lower Punch Bowl Falls	0.20 miles
Punch Bowl Falls	0.26 miles
Loowit Falls	1.32 miles
Skoonichuk Falls	1.67 miles
Tenas Falls	2.04 miles
Wahclella Falls	2.93 miles
Munra Falls	2.98 miles
Tunnel Falls	3.63 miles
Upper McCord Creek Falls	5.16 miles
Elowah Falls	5.27 miles
Gorton Creek Falls	7.70 miles
Ponytail Falls	9.34 miles
Horsetail Falls	9.45 miles
Lower Oneonta Falls	9.73 miles
Middle Oneonta Falls	9.73 miles
Triple Falls	9.86 miles
Lancaster Falls	10.94 miles
Hole In The Wall Falls	11.18 miles
Dutchman Falls	11.77 miles
Weisendanger Falls	11.77 miles
Starvation Creek Falls	11.87 miles
Multnomah Falls	12.12 miles
Fairy Falls	12.68 miles
Wahkeena Falls	12.73 miles
Bridal Veil Falls	15.81 miles
Shepperds Dell Falls	16.73 miles
Latourell Falls	18.14 miles
Wah Gwin Gwin Falls	19.18 miles

Columbia River Gorge

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