Gnat Creek Falls is a waterfall on Gnat Creek in Clatsop County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region, with a total height of about 200 feet. It lies about 13.2 miles west of Clatskanie and roughly 47.6 miles northwest of Hillsboro as the crow flies.
At 200 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Oregon’s 425 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 41st; the typical Oregon waterfall is about 54 feet.
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. Gnat Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Gnat Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 21 recorded waterfalls in Clatsop County. Middle Gnat Creek Falls, is about 1.8 miles away. Barrier Falls, a 5-foot cascade waterfall, is about 3.2 miles away. Plympton Creek Falls, 53 feet high, is about 4.2 miles away.
Gnat Creek Falls is located at 46.1200° N, 123.4820° 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.