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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=John B Yeon Trailhead|hike=Munra Point from Yeon Trailhead Hike|log=Munra Point from Yeon Trailhead Hike/Log|previous=Elowah Falls-Upper McCord Creek Falls Trail Junction|next=Gorge-Elowah Falls Viewpoint Trail Junction}} | ** {{Hike ring|trailhead=John B Yeon Trailhead|hike=Munra Point from Yeon Trailhead Hike|log=Munra Point from Yeon Trailhead Hike/Log|previous=Elowah Falls-Upper McCord Creek Falls Trail Junction|next=Gorge-Elowah Falls Viewpoint Trail Junction}} | ||
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* Elevation: 240 feet | * Elevation: 240 feet | ||
* Height: 213 feet | * Height: 213 feet | ||
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Elowah Falls is an impressive waterfall, easily comparable with [[Multnomah Falls]] in majesty, if not height. McCord Creek spouts in a single hyperbolic curve from a basalt defile to the splash pool below. A small bridge, usually soaked by spray, crosses the creek just below the falls. The amphitheater exhibits spectacular layers of several members of the Columbia River Flood Basalts, with single flows usually including jumbled layers of entablature bracketing columnar basalt. | Elowah Falls is an impressive waterfall, easily comparable with [[Multnomah Falls]] in majesty, if not height. McCord Creek spouts in a single hyperbolic curve from a basalt defile to the splash pool below. A small bridge, usually soaked by spray, crosses the creek just below the falls. The amphitheater exhibits spectacular layers of several members of the Columbia River Flood Basalts, with single flows usually including jumbled layers of entablature bracketing columnar basalt. | ||
| − | The height of the falls is often exaggerated in publications. While the Northwest Waterfall Survey measures the falls at 213 feet, many publications offer a statistic 65 - 75 feet taller, perhaps because they are unknowingly including the height of [[Upper McCord Creek Falls]], which is often seen as an upper tier of Elowah Falls. In fact Elowah Falls was formerly known as McCord Creek Falls or Lower McCord Creek Falls. In 1915, a commission of outdoors organizations, including the Mazamas, renamed a few of the waterfalls in the [[Columbia River Gorge]], replacing settler names with lyrical Indian words. Unfortunately, the meaning or indeed the original language of 'elowah' has been lost to time. | + | The height of the falls is often exaggerated in publications. While the Northwest Waterfall Survey measures the falls at 213 feet, many publications offer a statistic 65 - 75 feet taller, perhaps because they are unknowingly including the height of [[Upper McCord Creek Falls]], which is often seen as an upper tier of Elowah Falls. In fact Elowah Falls was formerly known as McCord Creek Falls or Lower McCord Creek Falls. In 1915, a commission of outdoors organizations, including the Mazamas, renamed a few of the waterfalls in the [[Columbia River Gorge]], replacing settler names with lyrical Indian words. Unfortunately, the meaning or indeed the original language of ''elowah'' has been lost to time. |
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Revision as of 02:08, 24 January 2021
- Hikes including this location:
- Elowah Falls Loop Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Munra Point from Yeon Trailhead Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
- Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps
- Latitude, Longitude: 45.61198, -121.99471
- Elevation: 240 feet
- Height: 213 feet
Description
Elowah Falls is an impressive waterfall, easily comparable with Multnomah Falls in majesty, if not height. McCord Creek spouts in a single hyperbolic curve from a basalt defile to the splash pool below. A small bridge, usually soaked by spray, crosses the creek just below the falls. The amphitheater exhibits spectacular layers of several members of the Columbia River Flood Basalts, with single flows usually including jumbled layers of entablature bracketing columnar basalt.
The height of the falls is often exaggerated in publications. While the Northwest Waterfall Survey measures the falls at 213 feet, many publications offer a statistic 65 - 75 feet taller, perhaps because they are unknowingly including the height of Upper McCord Creek Falls, which is often seen as an upper tier of Elowah Falls. In fact Elowah Falls was formerly known as McCord Creek Falls or Lower McCord Creek Falls. In 1915, a commission of outdoors organizations, including the Mazamas, renamed a few of the waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge, replacing settler names with lyrical Indian words. Unfortunately, the meaning or indeed the original language of elowah has been lost to time.
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