Fishhawk Falls is a waterfall on Fishhawk Creek in Clatsop County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region, with a total height of about 72 feet. It lies about 16.4 miles east of Gearhart and roughly 41.5 miles northwest of Hillsboro as the crow flies.
At 72 feet it is taller than the typical Oregon waterfall of about 54 feet, ranking 167th of 425 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 62 feet. The water comes down as a veiling waterfall, a thin sheet of water spread over the rock face, combined with a cascade character. It falls in 2 drops.
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, and Fishhawk Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 21 recorded waterfalls in Clatsop County. Little Fishhawk Falls, is about 2.4 miles away. South Fork Klatskanie Falls, 20 feet high, is about 6.9 miles away. Grindy Creek Falls, 50 feet high, is about 7.9 miles away.
Fishhawk Falls is located at 45.9583° N, 123.5836° 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.