After enjoying Metlako Falls, just return to the main Eagle Creek Trail and continue upstream. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. 2 miles in to Punchbowl Falls (past Metlako Falls) and then 2 miles out.
NOTICE: The spur trail to the Metlako Falls Overlook is closed as of January 2017. I’ve done it in all sorts of conditions from 95 degree sunny summer days to a trip in a deep freeze where I got in my wetsuit and shot under/over shots of Punchbowl while snow dumped down on me. Like upstream Punch Bowl Falls, Metlako is also in the form of a punchbowl. Drive up along the creek to the road's end. Metlako Falls is a waterfall on Eagle Creek in Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Mt. Find nearby businesses, restaurants and hotels. Photo: Steve Berardi, CC BY-SA 2.0. Metlako Falls This waterfall is located along the Eagle Creek Trail and it was named in 1915 after the Native American goddess of salmon. This is the way to truly enjoy this marvelous falls. Plummeting 620 feet, in two different sections, Multnomah Falls is the most-visited natural recreation site in the Pacific Northwest with more than 2 million visitors each year. At the 1.5 mile point along the trail a side trail leads to a view of Metlako Falls. Metlako Falls is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bonneville Dam.
Metlako Falls is a waterfall on Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. The path drops down to an overlook with a view of the magnificent 100-foot Metlako Falls, which seemingly shoots straight out of a cliffside into a large pool below. Directions: East on I-84 from Portland: take Eagle Creek exit 41. Official MapQuest website, find driving directions, maps, live traffic updates and road conditions. Latest News Changes and Updates June 07, 2020. Observe the No Parking Signs in various places. Explore! View a map of this area and more on Natural Atlas. Hood National Forest, Eagle Creek Fire Closure, Gates Of The Columbia River Gorge Special Management Area, OR.
Metlako Falls - Columbia River Gorge, Oregon - Located on Eagle Creek, 82 feet tall, Plunging Punchbowl Waterfall, Flows all year long You will soon cross a small creek, and then come to the cutoff trail that leads down to Eagle Creek and an area just below Punchbowl Falls. West on I-84 from Hood River: take exit 40 and head back east to 41. Accessed by hiking only, approximately 1.5 miles up the trail. This is a fairly short hike.
Closed indefinitely due to landslide Metlako Falls is a waterfall on Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. The Overlook has collapsed into the gorge and there is no safe spot to view the falls. Firstly and almost certainly the more positive news: we're transitioning away from using Google Maps and have a new … Metlako Falls was the first major waterfall we encountered on Eagle Creek. A couple of small but necessary changes were made to the Northwest Waterfall Survey today. There are restrooms and picnic areas. It is the furthest downstream of the major waterfalls on Eagle Creek. Traveler Alert: Some areas of the Columbia River Gorge were impacted by the Eagle Creek fire of 2017. *Currently Closed, find out more info here.
Due to the steepness of the gorge, our view of the falls was from a rather distant lookout that hugged the nearly vertical-walled cliffs a little further downstream (see the photo at the top of this page).