Tenas Falls
Hood River County, Oregon
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- 18 ft (5.5 m)
- Location
- Hood River County, Oregon
- Access status
- Long trail to a bridge-side view documented
- The walk
- About four miles to the bridge
- Ground & access
- Long, gently graded trail with cliff sections protected by cable handrails and high bridges. Burned forest from the Eagle Creek Fire. The old campsite with the best view has become overgrown.
Tenas Falls is a small two-part falls where a side creek steps down into Eagle Creek just above Four and a Half Mile Bridge. Hike the Eagle Creek Trail upstream past Punch Bowl Falls, across High Bridge and past Tenas Camp to Four and a Half Mile Bridge, the second crossing of Eagle Creek. The falls are visible across the creek from the bridge area. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Eagle Creek Trailhead via the Eagle Creek Trail to Four and a Half Mile Bridge
Oregon Hikers says it is closer to four miles from the trailhead to Four and a Half Mile Bridge, despite the name. The figure is one way.
Long, gently graded trail with cliff sections protected by cable handrails and high bridges. Burned forest from the Eagle Creek Fire. The old campsite with the best view has become overgrown.
Where to start
Eagle Creek Trailhead at the end of the road past the Eagle Creek day use area, off I-84 Exit 41. The exit serves eastbound traffic only; westbound drivers turn around at the Bonneville Dam exit. Park only in marked spaces; if full, use the day use area lot.
Timing & water
The trail is used all year.
Before you go
Northwest Forest Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required; day passes are sold at a drop box at the trailhead.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Four Mile Falls95 ft (28.9 m) · Hood River County, OR0.2 miN
- Skoonichuk FallsEstablished cliffside trail to a trailside view48 ft (14.6 m) · Hood River County, OR0.4 miN
Loowit FallsEstablished cliffside trail to a viewpoint across the canyon78 ft (23.8 m) · Hood River County, OR0.7 miNW- Wy'east FallsEstablished trail route and trailhead documented; long cliffside hike157 ft (47.8 m) · Hood River County, OR0.8 miSE
- Grand Union FallsLong canyon trail with a tree-filtered view of the falls41 ft (12.5 m) · Hood River County, OR1.6 miSE
Tunnel FallsLong established cliffside trail; walk behind the falls172 ft (52.4 m) · Hood River County, OR1.6 miSE
Punch Bowl FallsResearched visit notes36 ft (11 m) · Hood River County, OR1.7 miNW- Twister FallsLong gorge trail with cable-railed cliff sections to the falls148 ft (45.1 m) · Hood River County, OR1.7 miSE
Lower Punch Bowl FallsCanyon trail and spur to the shoreline beside the falls12 ft (3.7 m) · Hood River County, OR1.9 miNW