Yakso Falls
Yakso Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 948 m. Black Rock stands 1,877 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Limpy Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua passes 5.9 miles off.
The story
Yakso Falls is a 70-foot (21 m) waterfall on Little River, in the Cascade Range east of Roseburg in the U.S. state of Oregon. The waterfall is about 27 miles (43 km) from the unincorporated community of Glide along Little River Road (County Road 17), which becomes Forest Road 27. In Chinook Jargon, yakso means "hair". The waterfall is said to resemble the long hair of a woman. Yakso Falls Trail, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) long, leads from Lake in the Forest Campground in Umpqua National Forest to the waterfall. The trail, open year-round, passes through selectively logged old-growth forest. Other waterfalls in the vicinity include Hemlock Falls, Middle Hemlock Falls, and Upper Hemlock Falls (also known as Clover Falls), all on nearby Hemlock Creek, a Little River tributary. Additional falls within 5 miles (8.0 km) of Yakso Falls are Tributary Falls on an unnamed tributary of Hemlock Creek; Cedar Creek Falls on Cedar Creek; Flat Rock Falls on the Flat Rock branch of Clover Creek, and Grotto Falls on Emile Creek. Like Hemlock Creek, Cedar, Clover, and Emile creeks are tributaries that enter Little River downstream of Yakso Falls.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q8047210, matched on coordinates and name (53 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 18.3 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Rogue-Umpqua, National
- 15.4 mi off the Myrtle Creek-Canyonville
Overlooks nearby
- Rogue Gorge chasm · 26 mi
- Rogue Gorge · 26 mi
- Mazama Viewpoint · 27 mi
- Diamond Lake Viewpoint · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Limpy Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Clover Butte: 2.2 mi
- OK Butte: 2.5 mi
- Bachelor Butte: 2.7 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Grotto Falls: 5.6 mi
- Emile Falls: 6.2 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Deer Lick Falls: 9.4 mi
- Susan Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
- Scaredman Creek Recreation Site: 10.9 mi
- Rolling Grounds Camp: 14.0 mi
- Richard G Baker Park: 14.2 mi
- Baker Wayside: 14.4 mi
- Cavitt Creek Park: 15.2 mi
- Cougar Bluffs: 5.9 mi
- Panther Leap: 6.9 mi
- Hipower Bluffs: 11.7 mi
- Flatiron Point: 12.9 mi
- Devils Stairway: 13.5 mi
- Buster Spring: 11.9 mi
- Grasshopper Spring: 15.7 mi
- Grasshopper Spring: 15.8 mi
- Buzzard Spring: 17.0 mi
- Dome Spring: 21.9 mi
- Emile Creek Recreation Site: 8.9 mi
- Watson Falls Picnic Ground: 16.4 mi
- World's Tallest Sugarpine: 18.2 mi
- Umpqua Hot Springs: 18.4 mi
- Abbott butte lookout: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Yakso Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock | ESE 109° | 1,877.263 m | 13.4 mi |
| Twin Lakes Mountain | E 92° | 1,787 m | 5.9 mi |
| Harding Butte | NE 42° | 1,718.2 m | 12.9 mi |
| Doehead Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,689.506 m | 5.1 mi |
| Snowbird Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,687.373 m | 4.6 mi |
| Grasshopper Mountain | SE 140° | 1,683.4 m | 15.6 mi |
| Quartz Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,682.496 m | 4.7 mi |
| Spring Mountain | NE 43° | 1,673 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:12 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:52 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 43 | 49 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 41 | 36 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 8.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Toketee Falls, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Apr — fullest in Jan, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,509 | 1,287 | 1,261 | 1,021 | 632 | 280 | 91.5 | 54.9 | 62.7 | 162 | 777 | 1,461 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Steamboat Creek Near Glide, OR, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13744173065
Take the scenic way to Yakso Falls.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.