Cushing Falls is an 8-foot waterfall on Fifteenmile Creek in Wasco County, Oregon, in the Columbia Plateau region. It lies about 2.9 miles east of Dallesport and roughly 63.9 miles east of Gresham as the crow flies.
At 8 feet it is on the modest side for Oregon, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 54 feet; it ranks 412th of 425.
The Columbia Plateau is a vast expanse of layered basalt flows covered by sagebrush steppe, grassland and dryland wheat. Waterfalls here drop over basalt cliffs in coulees and river canyons carved by ancient floods.
Wasco County holds 14 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. The Dalles, is about 2.2 miles away. Eightmile Creek Falls, is about 3.6 miles away across the state line in Washington. Celilo Falls, is about 7.8 miles away.
Cushing Falls is located at 45.6117° N, 121.1197° 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.