Mosier Creek Falls
Wasco County, Oregon
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Wasco County, Oregon
- Access status
- Signed trail to a falls overlook documented
- The walk
- About one-quarter mile up the hill from the bridge
- Ground & access
- Grassy hillside trail with some climbing. Rattlesnakes, ticks and poison oak are present. Stay on the trail and heed private property signs.
Mosier Creek Falls is a two-tiered falls of about 100 feet on Mosier Creek. From the parking area, walk east on Highway 30 across the Mosier Creek Bridge. Just past the bridge, take the trail on the right behind a bench signed for Mosier Pioneer Cemetery. Climb past the cemetery to an overlook with a plaque and a full view of the falls. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Mosier Trailhead across the Mosier Creek Bridge and up the Mosier Plateau Trail to the falls overlook
The Northwest Waterfall Survey gives about one-quarter mile up the hill from the bridge to fenced viewpoints. Oregon Hikers notes about 1,000 feet of walking from the parking area to the bridge. Its 3.5 mile figure is for the full plateau hike.
Grassy hillside trail with some climbing. Rattlesnakes, ticks and poison oak are present. Stay on the trail and heed private property signs.
Where to start
Parking area by the railroad tracks in Mosier, reached by a gravel road after the Totem Pole Park, 0.3 mile from I-84 Exit 69. Do not park along the highway east of the bridge.
Timing & water
Oregon Hikers lists the hike as open all year. Wildflowers peak in April and May.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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