South Fork Klatskanie Falls is a 20-foot waterfall on South Fork Klatskanie River in Clatsop County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 11.9 miles east of Gearhart and roughly 48.4 miles northwest of Hillsboro as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Oregon, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 54 feet; it ranks 353rd of 425.
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.
Clatsop County holds 21 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Barth Falls, 8 feet high, is about 1.7 miles away. Youngs River Falls, a 54-foot veiling horsetail waterfall, is about 6.3 miles away. Fishhawk Falls, a 72-foot veiling cascade waterfall, is about 6.9 miles away.
South Fork Klatskanie Falls is located at 46.0418° N, 123.6638° 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 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.