Metlako Falls

Cascade Locks · Hood River County · waterfall

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About this park

Metlako Falls is a waterfall on Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Hood River County, Oregon, United States.

Setting

Landscape & setting

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 tall. It is the upstream limit for salmon spawning in Eagle Creek.

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