Metlako Falls
Metlako Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the east, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Sorenson Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
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 31 meters (101 ft) tall, though people have measured it anywhere from 30 to 46 m (100 to 150 ft) tall. It is the upstream limit for salmon spawning in Eagle Creek.
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Wikidata Q37365, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 31 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
- 7.0 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 16.6 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 20.0 mi off the JCT SR 14 VIC BINGEN TO SKAMANIA COUNTY LINE
Overlooks nearby
- Buck Point · 1 mi
- Wauna Viewpoint · 2 mi
- Hardy Falls Viewpoint · 6 mi
- Franz Lake Viewpoint · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sorenson Falls: 0.0 mi
- Lower Punch Bowl Falls: 0.2 mi
- Punch Bowl Falls: 0.3 mi
- Wauna Falls: 0.6 mi
- Loowit Falls: 1.3 mi
- Wauna Point: 1.6 mi
- Munra Point: 3.1 mi
- Wauneka Point: 4.0 mi
- Tanner Butte: 4.1 mi
- Aldrich Butte: 4.4 mi
- Fort Raines: 2.2 mi
- Win S. Acton: 2.5 mi
- Pacific Crest Trail Cascade Locks: 2.8 mi
- Hadley Grove: 6.1 mi
- Construction of the Columbia River Highway: 9.2 mi
- Washington Shore Visitor Facility: 2.4 mi
- Bradford Island Visitor Center: 2.5 mi
- Tollbridge Park: 2.5 mi
- Navigation Lock Visitor Center: 2.6 mi
- Bradford Island Fishing Area: 2.8 mi
- Teakettle Spring: 3.5 mi
- East Spring: 3.8 mi
- Tanner Spring: 4.7 mi
- Big Cedar Spring: 5.3 mi
- Big Cedar Spring: 5.3 mi
- Running Free: 2.9 mi
- Reflections of a Cultural Landscape: 18.7 mi
- Hood River Housing: 18.8 mi
- Sayre Taft Colt: 19.0 mi
- Horse: 19.2 mi
- Red Bluffs: 6.3 mi
- Red Bluffs: 6.4 mi
- Red Bluffs: 6.5 mi
- Waespe Point: 9.5 mi
- Cape Horn: 15.0 mi
- Bonneville Fish Hatchery: 3.0 mi
- Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge: 3.2 mi
- Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 3.9 mi
- Skamania County Fairgrounds: 4.5 mi
- Underwater Viewing Chamber: 19.7 mi
- Pierce Island: 5.4 mi
- Great Camas Patch: 7.3 mi
- Starvation Creek State Park: 10.9 mi
- Toll Bridge County Park: 17.3 mi
- Wildwood Recreation Site: 19.5 mi
- Bradford Island Visitors Center: 2.5 mi
- Cascade Locks Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
- Hutson Museum: 16.3 mi
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum: 17.5 mi
- The History Museum: 19.7 mi
- Home Valley Beach: 8.1 mi
- Windboarding Beachhead: 19.4 mi
- Slackwater Beach: 19.6 mi
- Marina Beach: 19.9 mi
- Koberg Beach: 20.9 mi
- Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Westside Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Scott Johnson Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Rose Garden Labyrinth: 18.8 mi
- Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 1.8 mi
- Ainsworth Day Use Area: 8.2 mi
- Wahkeena Picnic Site: 11.7 mi
- Hemlock Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Sunset Falls Day Use Area: 21.7 mi
- Dodson: 6.9 mi
- Bridal Veil: 14.2 mi
- Latourell: 16.6 mi
- Kodak Point Highway Pullout: 19.5 mi
- Goverment Camp Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Ed's Trail Arch: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Metlako Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | E 79° | 1,504 m | 8.6 mi |
| Indian Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,491 m | 6.3 mi |
| Green Point Mountain | E 91° | 1,443.8 m | 6.1 mi |
| Buck Peak | SSE 168° | 1,443 m | 8.9 mi |
| Chinidere Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,416 m | 4.9 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | SSE 160° | 1,391 m | 12.7 mi |
| Preachers Peak | SSE 164° | 1,389 m | 11.0 mi |
| Tomlike Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,387 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 20:15 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:37 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 57 | 62 | 68 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 11.3 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 7.3 | 12.5 | 13.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bonneville DAM, 3 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Dec, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2,123 | 1,964 | 1,763 | 1,694 | 1,280 | 731 | 368 | 240 | 231 | 463 | 1,380 | 2,125 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wind River Near Carson, WA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3511223322
Day trips start here
- Cascade Locks · 3 mi
- Stevenson · 5 mi
- Mount Hood · 17 mi
- Hood River · 19 mi
- Washougal · 22 mi
- Government Camp · 23 mi
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