Multnomah Falls

Location:	Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, United States
Type:	Tiered
Total Height:	611 feet
Longest Single Drop:	542 feet
Number of Drops:	2
World Height Ranking:	#434

Multnomah Falls is a waterfall on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, located east of Troutdale, between Corbett and Dodson, along the Columbia River Highway. In two steps the falls drop a total 611 feet (188 m), split into an upper falls of 542 feet and a lower falls of 69 feet, with a gradual nine-foot vertical distance between the two. It is claimed (erroneously) to be the second tallest year-round waterfall in the United States. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1638 KB) Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Temperate rain forest Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... The Columbia River Gorge is a spectacular canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Salem Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq. ... Hopetoun Falls near Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Salem Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq. ... The Columbia River Gorge is a spectacular canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... Location of Troutdale in Oregon. ... 1937 sketch including Columbia River Highway (now U.S. Highway 30) as it passes west of Sauvie Island, northwest of Portland. ... This is a list of worldwide waterfalls. ...

Underground springs from Larch Mountain are the year-round source of water for the waterfall, augmented by spring runoff from the mountain's snow pack and rainwater during the other seasons. Larch Mountain is the name of two neighboring extinct volcanoes in the Portland, Oregon area. ...

A foot trail leads to Benson Footbridge, a 45-foot-long footbridge that allows visitors to cross 105 feet above the lower cascade. The trail continues to a platform at the top of the upper falls, the Larch Mountain Lookout, where visitors get a bird's-eye view of the Columbia Gorge and of "Little Multnomah" (a smaller cascade). The footbridge is named after Simon Benson, who had the bridge built in 1914. ... A cascade is a term for a waterfall, or series of waterfalls, and is applied abstractly to many different concepts involving a series of steps or effects that follow one after the other. ... Simon Benson was a noted businessman and philanthropist from Portland, Oregon. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Benson soon gave Portland land that included most of the falls as well as nearby Wahkeena Falls. The Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company gave Portland land at the base of Multnomah Falls contingent upon their agreement to build a lodge at the site. A few years later architect A.E. Doyle, who designed the Meier & Frank Building, was commissioned by the city to design the lodge, which was completed in 1925. The lodge is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Wahkeenah Falls Wahkeenah Falls is the name of a 242 foot (73 m) waterfall in the Columbia River Gorge in the state of Oregon. ... Albert Ernest Doyle (1877-1928) was a prolific architect in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. ... The Meier & Frank Building is the flagship store and former headquarters building for the Meier & Frank department store chain in Portland, Oregon. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...

The area is also reachable via a stretch of I-84 east of Troutdale, Oregon. Columbia River Gorge and I-84 as seen from Crown Point, Oregon Interstate 84 runs from an intersection with Interstate 5 at Portland, Oregon (Map) to an intersection with Interstate 80 (Map) at Echo, Utah—roughly the same route as the Oregon Trail. ... Location of Troutdale in Oregon. ...

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Multnomah Falls

• Multnomah Falls and Welcome to Multnomah Falls, from a USFS website
• Multnomah Falls from GoSleepGo
• The Historic Columbia River Highway
• Columbia River Gorge, Troutdale, Gresham, Mt Hood Information and Lodging
• The Historic Columbia River Highway, describing the drive to Multnomah Falls, from the Oregon Tourism Commission
• Built in America: Columbia River Highway, from a Library of Congress website
• Waterfall myths