Heater Creek Falls is an unclassified waterfall on Heater Creek, in the Willamette National Forest in Linn County, Oregon, not far from Detroit Lake.
The falls
Heater Creek Falls is a confirmed feature on a waterfall survey, though it has not been assigned a form, a total height, or a drop count. The survey's coordinates put the falls at an elevation of about 1,662 feet, within a short distance of the mapped location for this listing. A dated photograph on record identifies the feature as Heater Creek Falls on Detroit Lake, though it does not detail how the water falls, the rock it falls over, or where it is best viewed from. The name Heater Creek Falls is unofficial, taken from the creek it sits on.
Getting there
The Willamette National Forest manages the land around Heater Creek Falls. No official trail, access road, parking area, fee, permit, or seasonal closure has been published for this exact waterfall, and on-site access, swimming conditions and safety history are likewise not documented.
Nearby
Upper Heater Creek Falls, also on Heater Creek, is about 0.1 mile away. Slate Creek Falls is about 1.5 miles away, and Box Canyon Falls is about 2.8 miles away.
Distances are straight-line.
