Butterfield Riffle is a stretch of rapids in Lincoln County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 3.7 miles east of Depoe Bay and roughly 39.3 miles northwest of Corvallis as the crow flies.
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.
Lincoln County holds 3 recorded rapids, and several are close by. Martin Eddy, is about 4.6 miles away. Hellion Rapids, is about 29.5 miles away.
Butterfield Riffle is located at 44.8046° N, 123.9876° W. The listing is based on the USGS Geographic Names Information System, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this rapid yet.