Munra Falls is a 68-foot horsetail waterfall on a small unnamed stream in the Columbia River Gorge, Multnomah County, Oregon, about 0.2 mile up the Wahclella Falls trail near Bonneville Dam. It is the first waterfall hikers pass on the way to Wahclella Falls, and it comes down right beside a footbridge.
The falls
The stream slides down a steep rock face in a single horsetail and meets Tanner Creek near a small dam. The World Waterfall Database measured the drop at 68 feet in 2009; earlier estimates of about 35 feet were thrown off by how much the height is foreshortened from the bridge.
Getting there
The Wahclella Falls trailhead is off Interstate 84 at exit 40, the Bonneville Dam exit, on the Bonneville Fish Hatchery road. The trail is open in 2026. Parking costs $5 per vehicle per day, or a valid recreation pass such as a Northwest Forest Pass; cash and checks are not accepted at the trailhead. Munra Falls is about one-fifth of a mile in, so a visit is a short walk; the full Wahclella loop is 2.4 miles round trip.
When to go
Flow is best from winter through spring. By late summer the falls shrink to a thin braid.
On site
The trail bridge passes so close that visitors can reach out and touch the falling water, which makes the falls hard to photograph well. The canyon burned in a wildfire, so visitors should stay out during heavy rain or snow and for 48 hours afterward because of flooding, falling trees and landslides. Portable toilets are available in summer; there is no drinking water.
History and name
Munra Falls is a colloquial name.
Nearby
Upper Munra Falls is mapped at virtually the same spot, with Watcherman Falls about 0.2 mile away and Car Thief Falls about 0.4 mile. Wahclella Falls, at the end of the same trail, is about 0.6 mile away.
Distances are straight-line.