Type Punchbowl Total width 20 feet Width 6.1 m Longest drop 31 m | Total height 101 feet Height 31 m Number of drops 1 | |
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Location Eagle Creek, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Hood River County, Oregon, United States Similar Eagle Creek, Punch Bowl Falls, Cascade Range, Wahclella Falls, Fairy Falls | ||
Kayaking eagle creek and 80ft metlako falls
Metlako Falls is a waterfall on Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. It is the furthest downstream of the major waterfalls on Eagle Creek. Like upstream Punch Bowl Falls, Metlako is also in the form of a punchbowl. The falls is 101 feet (31 m) tall, though people have measured it anywhere from 100 feet (30 m) to 150 feet (46 m) tall. It is the upstream limit for salmon spawning in Eagle Creek.
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- Kayaking eagle creek and 80ft metlako falls
- Map of Metlako Falls Oregon USA
- Metlako falls
- Naming
- References
Map of Metlako Falls, Oregon, USA
Metlako falls
Naming
The waterfall was discovered and named by a committee of the Mazamas in 1915 after Metlako, the Indian goddess of salmon, likely because it is the upstream limit for salmon spawning in Eagle Creek.
References
Metlako Falls Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA