Golden Falls is a waterfall on Glenn Creek in Coos County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region, with a total height of about 254 feet. It lies about 13.8 miles southeast of Lakeside and roughly 57.4 miles southwest of Eugene as the crow flies.
At 254 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Oregon’s 425 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 21st; 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.
There are 82 recorded waterfalls in Coos County. Silver Falls, a 259-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Darius Creek Falls, is about 1 miles away. Hewett Falls, an 80-foot plunge waterfall, is about 2.2 miles away.
Golden Falls is located at 43.4858° N, 123.9285° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.