Horsetail Falls - Columbia River Highway
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 45° 35.408 W 122° 04.127
10T E 572636 N 5048931
Waterfalls easily accessible from the Columbia River Highway.
Waymark Code: WM5YP6
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Rayman
Views: 13

HORSETAIL FALLS, 156.6 m., forming the design that gives it name, shoot downward across the face of the sheer rock wall into an excellent fishing pool. Spray from the pool continually drifts across the highway. - Oregon: End of the Trail, 1940, Tour 1, pgs. 273-274

Horsetail falls is a 176-foot in height and it is aptly named as it is a horsetail type waterfalls.  It is one of the more popular falls along the Columbia River Highway as it is very accessible from the highway.

Book: Oregon: End of the Trail

Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 273-274

Year Originally Published: 1940

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