Grassy Lake Creek Falls is a 35-foot waterfall on Grassy Lake Creek in Clatsop County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 9.6 miles southeast of Cannon Beach and roughly 44.2 miles northwest of Hillsboro as the crow flies.
At 35 feet it is on the modest side for Oregon, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 54 feet; it ranks 282nd 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.
Clatsop County holds 21 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Umbrella Falls, a 35-foot veiling horsetail waterfall, is about 2.1 miles away. North Fork Falls, 9 feet high, is about 3.3 miles away. Nehalem Falls, an 8-foot cascade waterfall, is about 5.3 miles away.
Grassy Lake Creek Falls is located at 45.7972° N, 123.8163° 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.