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Tumalo Falls
Location	Cascade Range west of Bend in the U.S. state of Oregon
Coordinates	44°02′02″N 121°34′01″W / 44.03389°N 121.56694°W / 44.03389; -121.56694
Type	Plunge
Elevation	5,052 feet (1,540 m)
Total height	97 feet (30 m)
Watercourse	Tumalo Creek

Tumalo Falls is a 97-foot (30 m) waterfall on Tumalo Creek, in the Cascade Range west of Bend in the U.S. state of Oregon. Additional waterfalls are upstream along Tumalo Creek and a tributary, Bridge Creek and its Bridge Creek Falls. All of these falls are within the Deschutes National Forest.

The United States Forest Service manages the Tumalo Falls Day Use Area about 14 miles (23 km) from Bend by forest roads. In addition to waterfall views, the day-use area has picnic sites and a toilet and offers access to trails for hiking and mountain biking. Using the site requires a Northwest Forest Pass or payment of a fee.

Tumalo Falls Trail leads from the picnic area to a viewing platform above Tumalo Falls, about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) upstream. The trail continues beyond the falls. About 1.25 miles (2.01 km) further upstream, it reaches a second waterfall, Middle Tumalo Falls, a two-tiered cascade totaling 65 feet (20 m) in height.

See also

• Tumalo State Park
• List of waterfalls in Oregon

References

1. "Tumalo Falls". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
2. ^ Plumb, Gregory Alan (2004) . Thurman, Paula (ed.). Waterfall Lovers Guide: Pacific Northwest (4th ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers Books. pp. 272–73. ISBN 0-89886-911-0.
3. ^ "Tumalo Falls Day Use Area". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
4. ^ Anderson, David L. (2007). Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest. Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press. pp. 183–85. ISBN 978-0-88150-713-3.

• Waterfalls of Deschutes County, Oregon
• Waterfalls of Oregon
• Deschutes National Forest