Waterfalls - Mark Gotchall Photography

Waterfall Nature Images of the Pacific Northwest

Willamette, McKenzie, Umpqua, Coast Range and Olympic Mountain Drainages. If you are interested in purchasing any of the fine art images on this page, please contact me with the print style, size and image name.

Willamette River and Cascade Mountains Drainage

The next set of images are waterfalls of the Cascade Mountains and Willamette River drainage. Even though Spirit and Moon Falls are in the Umpqua National Forest, they eventually drain into the Willamette River. Willamette Fall is a photograph of a small creek that drains into the North Fork of the Willamette River. Silver Falls State Park is East of Salem in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains.

Image of Lower Lewis River Falls — Lower Lewis River Falls
The Lower Lewis River Falls during spring runoff

Picture of trees framing a waterfall in the forest — Window to the Waterfall
Waterfall, framed by trees, Umpqua National Forest, Oregon

Image of a lacy waterfall cascading down a mossy rock wall — Waterfall Curtains on course to the Pacific
Picture of a lacy waterfall cascading down a mossy rock wall

image of a lacy waterfall along a moss wall — Lacy Curtains - Moss Walls
A lacy waterfall cascades down the moss covered rock, Umpqua National Forest, Oregon

Photograph of Double Falls at Silver Falls State Park in Oregon — Double Falls
Image captured in late October on a drizzly day, at Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.

image of angel hair like waterfalls, seem to flow from the canyon walls — Waterfalls in the Canyon
Angel hair waterfalls, seem to flow from the canyon walls

Triple Falls with sunlight glowing mist — Triple Falls
Can you still hear yourself think with a thundering waterfall, or does it block out the noise in your life

Misty Dreamy Waterfall in the Cascade Mountains — Dreamy Falls
Misty day at a dreamy waterfall

Fall along a tributary to the North Fork of the Willamette River — Willamette Fall
This image captures the conifer and deciduous trees mix along the North Fork of the Willamette River. Autumn was in full swing at this elevation in October.

Braided waterfall off a canyon wall, looks like angel hair — Angel Hair Waterfall
Part of a waterfall that appears to start from the canyon wall

Moon Falls in the Willamette National Forest — Moon Falls
This image of Moon Falls was captured in the spring when there is a lot of water flowing down the creek.

Spirit Falls in the Umpqua National Forest — Spirit Falls
This image was captured in late summer at Spirit Falls. Earlier in the year the water, from rain and snow melt flow heavy off the falls. In the summer, they are a trickle that feeds the moss.

Coast Range and Olympic Mountains Drainage

Waterfalls of the Coast Range Mountains and the Olympic Peninsula. Merriman Falls and Bunch Creek Falls are in the Quinault rain forest on the Olympic Peninsula. Drift Creek Falls, located east of Lincoln City, is accessed via the longest suspension footbridge in Oregon. Alsea Falls is NE of Monroe along the Alsea River Highway. The stair step waterfall, along the South Fork Alsea River, has very little water flow in the summer.

Nature's Double Vision, two waterfalls together — Nature's Double Vision
Waterfalls from a river and a creek come together in a canyon.

Merriman Falls, Olympic National Forest — Merriman Falls
This image of Merriman Falls was taken in late March. The ferns are growing back and the all the greens are starting to glow.

Waterfall for the Trees
Sometimes you struggle to see the forest for the trees, today it was the waterfall for the trees.

Bunch Creek Falls, Olympic National Park — Bunch Creek Falls
This image of Bunch Creek Falls was captured in late March. Bunch Creek is right at the edge of the Olympic National Park boundary, along the Quinault River.

Trail to the Falls, Kentucky Falls — Trail to the Falls

Early spring at Oregon's Silver Falls — Silver Falls, Oregon
Powerful waterfall in the Oregon Coast Range Mountains

Drift Creek Falls in the Siuslaw National Forest. To get here you need to cross the longest suspension bridge in Oregon — Drift Creek Falls
Image captured below Drift Creek Falls in the Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon. The hike to Drift Creek Falls is 3.0 miles (4.83 km) round trip. Once there you can cross the longest suspension footbridge in Oregon and circle around below the falls.

Sweet Creek
Small waterfall image captured along Sweet Creek in autumn

Alsea Falls on the Alsea River in the Oregon Coast Range — Alsea Falls
Image of Alsea Falls, on the Alsea River, in Autumn

McKenzie River Drainage

The first set of images below are from the McKenzie River Drainage. Sahalie and Koosha Falls are located on the upper McKenzie River. Proxy Falls is off of the McKenzie Highway, part of a Scenic Byway, and located in the Three Sisters Wilderness

Koosha Falls on the upper McKenzie River — Koosah Falls
Koosha Falls is located on the upper McKenzie River, in Oregon. There is a trail on the Highway 126 side that takes you past a several falls. This image was captured from that trail.

Sahalie Falls; on the upper McKenzie River — Sahalie Falls
Image of Sahalie Falls on the upper McKenzie River.

Proxy Falls 4; image taken in the Willamette National Forest — Proxy Falls 4
This image of Proxy Falls was captured in late afternoon, as the sun lit up a section of the waterfall through the trees.

Proxy Falls 3; in the Willamette National Forest — Proxy Falls 3
Proxy Falls, a waterfall in the Willamette National Forest. Proxy Falls is accessed from Highway 242 with a short hike into the Three Sisters Wilderness.

Proxy Falls 2; image taken in the Three Sister Wilderness — Proxy Falls 2
In this image of Proxy Falls you can see the red cinder rock on the bottom of the creek. There has been a lot of volcanic activity here over the millennium.

Proxy Falls 1; in the Three Sisters Wilderness — Proxy Falls 1
Image of Proxy Falls as viewed from the trail to the falls.

Umpqua River Drainage

Toketee Falls, Fall Creek Falls and Clearwater Falls are all located in the upper Umpqua River drainage. Both Toketee and Fall Creek Falls require a short hike, but Clearwater Falls is next to a parking area with easy access.