Fishhawk Falls is a waterfall on Fishhawk Creek in Columbia County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region, with a total height of about 20 feet. It lies about 8 miles west of Clatskanie and roughly 41.5 miles northwest of Hillsboro as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Oregon, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 54 feet; it ranks 353rd of 425.
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. Fishhawk Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 72 feet.
There are 11 recorded waterfalls in Columbia County. Plympton Creek Falls, 53 feet high, is about 4.5 miles away. Gnat Creek Falls, 200 feet high, is about 6.8 miles away. Fall Creek Falls, is about 7.9 miles away.
Fishhawk Falls is located at 46.0635° N, 123.3655° 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.