Ki-a-Kuts Falls
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
- Hikes including this destination:
- Ki-A-Kuts Falls Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
- Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps
- Latitude, Longitude: 45.46611, -123.38720
- Elevation: 1280 feet
Description
Ki-a-Kuts Falls is a waterfall on the upper Tualatin River, only about 1 ½ miles from the river's source. It was only “discovered” in 1993 by a team of Tualatin Riverkeepers as part of their efforts to track the river’s entire course. By the end of the 1990s, the USGS had agreed to distinguish the falls with a name, that of the last chief of the Atfalati Kalapuyans. Although it's quite likely that others knew of these falls before 1993, they had never been officially recorded until then.
It's a short walk and descending bushwhack into the falls from a logging road in the Tillamook State Forest.
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