Yellow Creek Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Yellow Creek in Coos County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 8.2 miles south of Myrtle Point and roughly 75.6 miles northwest of Medford as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Oregon, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 54 feet; it ranks 326th of 425. By form it is a veiling waterfall, a thin sheet of water spread over the rock face, combined with a horsetail character.
The Coast Range is a belt of steep, deeply dissected hills along the Pacific, wrapped in dense temperate rainforest of Douglas fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and red alder. Heavy winter rain feeds short, fast creeks lined with ferns, salmonberry and moss that drop steeply toward the ocean or the Columbia.
Coos County holds 82 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Mill Creek Falls, a 35-foot plunge waterfall, is about 5.4 miles away. Myrtle Creek Falls, is about 6.6 miles away. Cole Creek Falls, is about 7.9 miles away.
Yellow Creek Falls is located at 42.9506° N, 124.0981° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.