Surprise Creek Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on Surprise Creek in Douglas County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 17.5 miles east of Lakeside and roughly 52.1 miles southwest of Eugene as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet.
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 88 recorded waterfalls in Douglas County. Platinum Falls, 100 feet high, is about 2.2 miles away. Loon Lake Falls, is about 4.7 miles away. Golden Falls, a 254-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 5.5 miles away.
Surprise Creek Falls is located at 43.5247° N, 123.8337° 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.