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[[Image:LowerOneontaFalls.jpg|thumb|250px|Oneonta Falls]]
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[[Image:LowerOneontaFalls.jpg|thumb|300px|Lower Oneonta Falls ''(Jeff Statt)'']]
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[[Image:OneontaGorge.jpg|thumb|188px|Oneonta Gorge ''(Jeff Statt)'']]
  
== Info ==
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* Hikes to this destination:
* Hikes containing this destination:
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Oneonta Gorge Trailhead|hike=Oneonta Gorge Hike|log=Oneonta Gorge Hike/Log|previous=Oneonta Gorge|next=Lower Oneonta Falls}}
 
** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Oneonta Gorge Trailhead|hike=Oneonta Gorge Hike|log=Oneonta Gorge Hike/Log|previous=Oneonta Gorge|next=Lower Oneonta Falls}}
* Latitude: 45.58572
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{{maplinkinfo|latitude=45.58556|longitude=-122.07278}}
* Longitude: 122.07158
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{{Elevation|50 feet}}
* Height: 100'
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* Height: 100 feet
  
== Description ==
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=== Description ===
[[Image:OneontaGorge.jpg|thumb|150px|Oneonta Gorge|left]]
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<b><font color=red>NOTICE: This trail is closed indefinitely because of damage from the Eagle Creek Fire. Please check the list of [https://www.fs.usda.gov/recmain/crgnsa/recreation  Columbia Gorge trail closures] before you plan for a hike.</font color></b>
There are four waterfalls on Oneonta Creek and the names have proven difficult to pin down. The lowest falls at the head of Oneonta Gorge, is often called Oneonta Falls, but in fact that is [[Lower Oneonta Falls]]. The next one, near the Trail #438 bridge is often called Upper Oneonta Falls or Oneonta Bridge Falls.  
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Lower Oneonta Gorge is not accessible by trail. Rather you must walk up the creek bed, over a large and perhaps unstable log jam, through the gorge, and up to your waist (or even torso depending on your height and the time of year) in water until you finally see your prize.
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There are four waterfalls on Oneonta Creek and the names have proven difficult to pin down. The lowest falls at the head of Oneonta Gorge, is often called Oneonta Falls, but in fact that is Lower Oneonta Falls. The next one, near the Trail #438 bridge is often called Upper Oneonta Falls, Oneonta Bridge Falls or as we have done, [[Middle Oneonta Falls]].  
  
Lower Oneonta Falls is worth the small challenge it takes to get in there, but I suggest you go on a summer weekday...the water is too cold during other seasons, and the gorge gets very busy on the weekends.  You'll definitely want your solitude for this one!
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Lower Oneonta Gorge is not accessible by trail. Rather you must walk up the creek bed, over a large and perhaps unstable log jam, through the gorge, and up to your waist (or even torso depending on your height and the time of year) in water until you finally see your prize.
  
== Trip Reports ==
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Lower Oneonta Falls is worth the small challenge it takes to get in there, but I suggest you go on a summer weekday... the water is too cold during other seasons, and the gorge gets very busy on the weekends.  You'll definitely want your solitude for this one!
(Click [http://portlandhikers.com/forums/AddPost.aspx?ForumID=8 here] to add your own)
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== Maps ==
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{{TripReports|Oneonta}}
[[Image:Map.jpg|thumb|OneontaFallsMap|Map of Oneonta Creek]]
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* [http://hikefinderlinkhere  Hike Finder ]
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== Related Conversations / Q&A ==
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{{RelatedDiscussions|Oneonta}}
(Click [http://portlandhikers.com/forums/AddPost.aspx?ForumID=141 here] to ask a question or start a conversation)
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== Guidebooks that cover this destination ==
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=== Guidebooks that cover this destination ===
  
== More Links ==
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=== More Links ===
  
== Contributors ==
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=== Contributors ===
 
* [[User:jeffstatt|jeffstatt]] (creator)
 
* [[User:jeffstatt|jeffstatt]] (creator)
 
== Directions ==
 
Park your car at the [[Oneonta Falls Trailhead]] and walk down a steep, short flight of stairs to the creek bed.  Walk along the left bank of the creek heading upstream until you get to the large log jam.  Despite the fact hundreds of people traverse this stretch on a give summer weekend, please be advised that you are entering at your own risk!  After traversing the log jam you will walk for a ways in the shallow creek bed until you get to a very narrow stretch where the water is quite deep.  Some try to scale the rocks to the right, but inevitably all end up in the water up to their waist (at least!).  Not long after this short chilly wet stretch you will see the falls.  Leave the way you came.
 

Revision as of 15:28, 25 September 2018

Lower Oneonta Falls (Jeff Statt)
Oneonta Gorge (Jeff Statt)

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Description

NOTICE: This trail is closed indefinitely because of damage from the Eagle Creek Fire. Please check the list of Columbia Gorge trail closures before you plan for a hike.

There are four waterfalls on Oneonta Creek and the names have proven difficult to pin down. The lowest falls at the head of Oneonta Gorge, is often called Oneonta Falls, but in fact that is Lower Oneonta Falls. The next one, near the Trail #438 bridge is often called Upper Oneonta Falls, Oneonta Bridge Falls or as we have done, Middle Oneonta Falls.

Lower Oneonta Gorge is not accessible by trail. Rather you must walk up the creek bed, over a large and perhaps unstable log jam, through the gorge, and up to your waist (or even torso depending on your height and the time of year) in water until you finally see your prize.

Lower Oneonta Falls is worth the small challenge it takes to get in there, but I suggest you go on a summer weekday... the water is too cold during other seasons, and the gorge gets very busy on the weekends. You'll definitely want your solitude for this one!

Trip Reports

Related Discussions / Q&A

Guidebooks that cover this destination

More Links

Contributors

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