Wishbone Falls is a waterfall on Little White Salmon River in Skamania County, Washington, in the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills region, with a total height of about 20 feet. It lies about 6.1 miles northwest of Hood River and roughly 42 miles northeast of Gresham as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 851st of 941. The water comes down as a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls, combined with a plunge character.
The Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills lie in the rain shadow of the Cascade crest, with open ponderosa pine forest, lodgepole pine and dry meadows on volcanic terrain. Spring-fed rivers on the porous lava ground stay remarkably steady through the year. Little White Salmon River carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Wishbone Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 244 recorded waterfalls in Skamania County. Spirit Falls, a segmented plunge waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Cook Falls, is about 2.5 miles away. Dog Creek Falls, a 33-foot veiling horsetail waterfall, is about 2.7 miles away.
Wishbone Falls is located at 45.7426° N, 121.6368° 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.