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Location: Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Bonneville, Eagle Creek Park, Hood River County
Stream: Eagle Creek
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Height: 36 ft.
Access:   hike   dog  
Distance: 1.8 miles (1 way)
Elevation: 200 ft. (+300 ft.)
Season: Mar-Oct
Form:   punchbowl
Lat/Long:45.6219, -121.89518
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.

A short walk past Lower Punch Bowl Falls, you will reach a viewpoint for Punch Bowl Falls. I was not sure what a "punchbowl" looked like, but somehow the name more than adequately describes this waterfall. In fact, the term "punchbowl" for a waterfall type was coined because of this very waterfall. Eagle Creek really seems to "punch" through the canyon into a large bowl. It is a very cool looking little waterfall.

The best view of Punch Bowl Falls, though, is not from this higher vantage point, but from creek level. At Lower Punch Bowl Falls, make your way up the creek, around the corner, and voila, there is Punch Bowl Falls. In the winter and spring, you will likely get quite wet making your way up the creek. In the summer, it is a great place for a dip in the cold creek.

4 Miles SSW Cascade Locks OR (Elev. 833 ft)

Overnight
Rain, mainly before 5am. Low around 39. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A chance of rain before 8am, then a slight chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming east northeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 41. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Friday
A 50 percent chance of rain after 11am. Increasing clouds, with a high near 63. Calm wind becoming east northeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Rain. Low around 44. East southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday
Rain. High near 49. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Saturday Night
Showers. Low around 41. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Sunday
Showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy.
Sunday Night
Showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Breezy.
Monday
Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Breezy.
Monday Night
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy.
Tuesday
Rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely. Snow level 3700 feet lowering to 2800 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy.

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Lower Punch Bowl Falls 0.06 miles
Metlako Falls 0.26 miles
Loowit Falls 1.07 miles
Skoonichuk Falls 1.42 miles
Tenas Falls 1.78 miles
Lower Ruckel Creek Falls 2.03 miles
Upper Munra Falls 2.55 miles
Dry Creek Falls 2.87 miles
Wahclella Falls 2.98 miles
Munra Falls 3.08 miles
Tunnel Falls 3.39 miles
Eagle Creek Falls 3.56 miles
Upper McCord Creek Falls 5.26 miles
Elowah Falls 5.33 miles
Gorton Creek Falls 7.75 miles
Ponytail Falls 9.47 miles
Horsetail Falls 9.47 miles
Lower Oneonta Falls 9.75 miles
Middle Oneonta Falls 9.76 miles
Oneonta Falls 9.81 miles
Triple Falls 9.87 miles

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