Hole-in-the-Wall Falls
Hood River County, Oregon
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- 96 ft (29.2 m)
- Location
- Hood River County, Oregon
- Access status
- Paved trail from Starvation Creek Trailhead to a picnic-circle view
- The walk
- About 3/4 mile one way from the parking area
- Ground & access
- Paved, nearly level trail beside the freeway. Poison oak and nettles along the route.
Hole-in-the-Wall Falls is a 95-foot waterfall that pours from a tunnel highway crews drilled in 1938 to divert Warren Creek. From the Starvation Creek Trailhead, walk west beside the freeway on the paved Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail, past Cabin Creek Falls, to the junction with the Mount Defiance Trail. Turn right on the paved trail into a circular picnic area; the falls can be seen from the picnic circle, and a footbridge crosses Warren Creek below them. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Starvation Creek Trailhead (I-84 Exit 55), west on the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail to the Mount Defiance Trail picnic circle below Hole-in-the-Wall Falls
Northwest Waterfall Survey gives about 3/4 mile along the trail beside the freeway to the bridge over Warren Creek just below the falls.
Paved, nearly level trail beside the freeway. Poison oak and nettles along the route.
Where to start
Starvation Creek Trailhead (Starvation Creek Rest Area), reached only from eastbound I-84 at Exit 55. Drivers from the east must continue to Herman Creek Road and double back. Only 29 spaces.
Timing & water
Oregon Hikers lists the walk as all year.
Before you go
Oregon Hikers lists a $10 day-use fee.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
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