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Alsea Falls

Benton County, Oregon

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Benton County, Oregon
Access status
Short walk and steps from the day-use area; seasonal gate
The walk
Short walk with steps from the day-use area; no separate distance is given
Ground & access
Short track and wooden steps beside the river. Rock benches near the falls; some viewpoints can be flooded at high water.
Oregon Hikers Field Guide: Alsea and Green Peak Falls Hike
Alsea Falls, OR
Alsea Falls, OR
Photo creditPhoto: BLM Oregon & Washington, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Alsea Falls is a 30-foot cascade in the Bureau of Land Management Alsea Falls Recreation Site. Walk down the road from the day-use area entrance. You will see a footbridge across the river; do not cross it. Take the track along the river to your left and go down steps to the base of the falls. Return to the footbridge for a view of the top of the falls. The trail continues along the river toward Green Peak Falls, which is reached through the private McBee Park campground.

Plan your visit

Alsea Falls Recreation Site day-use area to the base of Alsea Falls on the South Fork Alsea River

Oregon Hikers gives no separate distance from the day-use area to the base of Alsea Falls. Its longer hike to both Alsea Falls and Green Peak Falls is 4.2 miles round trip.

Short track and wooden steps beside the river. Rock benches near the falls; some viewpoints can be flooded at high water.

Where to start

Day-use (picnic) area on South Fork Alsea Road, 0.5 mile past the campground turnoff. The gate is closed in winter; park to the side of the gate without blocking it.

Timing & water

BLM says day use is open year round. Oregon Hikers says the day-use and campground areas are open mid-May to September 30 and the gate is closed in winter. Flow is strongest from late fall to mid-summer; the pool is crowded on summer weekends.

Before you go

When the day-use area is open, Oregon Hikers lists a $5 day-use fee, or a BLM Northwest Oregon Pass or America the Beautiful Pass.

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Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Waterfall location

Benton County, Oregon.

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