Elk Creek Falls is a waterfall on Elk Creek in Coos County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region, with a total height of about 150 feet. It lies about 17.6 miles east of Bunker Hill and roughly 59.7 miles southwest of Eugene as the crow flies.
At 150 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Oregon’s 425 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 61st; the typical Oregon waterfall is about 54 feet. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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. Elk Creek carries 5 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 191 feet.
There are 82 recorded waterfalls in Coos County. Upper Elk Creek Falls, a 120-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Waterfall 19 mi E of Bunker Hill, is about 1.5 miles away. Waterfall 18.5 mi E of Bunker Hill, is about 2 miles away.
Elk Creek Falls is located at 43.3934° N, 123.8592° 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.