Alsea Falls

Alsea Falls
Location South Fork Alsea River
Coordinates 44°19′35″N 123°29′31″W / 44.3264157°N 123.4918481°W / 44.3264157; -123.4918481Coordinates: 44°19′35″N 123°29′31″W / 44.3264157°N 123.4918481°W / 44.3264157; -123.4918481
Type Staircase
Elevation 781 ft (238 m)
Total height 30 ft (9.1 m)
Average
flow rate		 25 cu ft/s (0.71 m3/s)Error in convert: Precision "0.5" must be an integer (help)

Alsea Falls, is a waterfall located in the heart of the Central Oregon Coast Range, just west of Monroe, in Benton County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It totals 30 feet fall in one gradual cascade and is the centerpiece attraction of the Alsea Falls trailhead and Recreation Site.[1]

Location

Alsea Falls is located along a Bureau of Land Management Back Country Byway surrounded by Oldgrowth Douglas fir and western redcedar forests.[2] The waters of the Alsea Falls are located downstream of the South Fork Alsea River.

History

The name of the waterfall and the river the forms it may have stemmed from Alsi, said to be a corruption of Alsea for native people who lived near the mouth of the river[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alsea Falls Recreation Site" (PDF). Salem District Office-Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Coquille River Falls". Northwest Waterfall Survey. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. ↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 19–20. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
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