Idiot Creek Falls is a waterfall on Idiot Creek in Tillamook County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region, with a total height of about 140 feet. It lies about 15.6 miles west of Banks and roughly 23.1 miles west of Hillsboro as the crow flies.
At 140 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Oregon’s 425 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 70th; 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.
There are 57 recorded waterfalls in Tillamook County. East Idiot Creek Falls, 120 feet high, is under a mile away. Waterfall 15.8 mi W of Banks, is under a mile away. Upper Stafford Falls, 45 feet high, is about 1.5 miles away.
Idiot Creek Falls is located at 45.6419° N, 123.4357° 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.