Lava Island Falls is a stretch of rapids on Deschutes River in Deschutes County, Oregon, in the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills region. It lies about 2 miles west of Deschutes River Woods and roughly 6.4 miles southwest of Bend as the crow flies.
It falls in 2 drops.
The Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills lie in the rain shadow of the Cascade crest, with open ponderosa pine forest, lodgepole pine and dry meadows on volcanic terrain. Spring-fed rivers on the porous lava ground stay remarkably steady through the year. Deschutes River carries 2 recorded rapids, and Lava Island Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 2 recorded rapids in Deschutes County. Odin Falls, 10 feet high, is about 24.2 miles away.
Lava Island Falls is located at 43.9869° N, 121.3971° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this rapid yet.