Hoko Falls is a 4-foot cascade on the Hoko River in Clallam County, Washington, at the head of a whitewater run through a boulder-garden gorge.
The falls
The height was earlier put at 5 feet; the current figure is 4. Hoko Falls Hatchery sits at river mile 10, just below the falls. The barrier here is natural, but it was blasted in 1952 and again in 1970 to help fish get past it.
Getting there
No land-manager page, legal foot route, parking area, fee, or current closure notice specific to the falls has been found, so public access on foot is not documented. Paddlers reach the run from Hoko-Ozette Road: an expert put-in near mile 7.0 involves a short hike above the falls' gorge, and an easier put-in below the mile 6.8 bridge skips the gorge entirely. The take-out is a gauge pullout near mile 3.0. Some logging-road gates affect the drive in, so road status and permission are worth checking beforehand.
When to go
The run is a winter-rainstorm run, with no published best-flow months or gauge level.
On site
The 4.4-mile run is rated Class I-III(IV), with the waterfall and boulder-garden drops in the first gorge; the portage line runs river left around the first obstacle and river right around the second. A logjam spanning several trees was reported about 20 meters below the falls in April 2026, a paddler's account, not an official closure.
Nearby
Herman Falls is about 3.7 miles away, Bear Creek Falls about 6.8 miles, and Falls Creek Falls about 7.4 miles.
Distances are straight-line.