It's atmospheric river time again in the Pacific Northwest, and (among other things) that means the local seasonal waterfalls are back in business. So it seems like a good time to take a look at one of them, since right now you can read this post and then rush out and go see it for yourself, which is usually not the case. This one is across the street from the Tad's Chicken & Dumplings restaurant, behind and uphill from the restaurant's overflow parking lot. You can catch a brief glimpse of it from the road if you know where to look. Right now there's usually room to park in front of the restaurant if you want to stop and take some photos, since the building is currently vacant and for sale. (The Portland Mercury called it a a classic must-stop back in 2020, but I don't think it ever reopened after the long pandemic closure.) And in the unlikely event someone asks what you're up to, you're an early-stage potential investor trying to visualize the possibilities here before moving forward. And who knows, maybe you'll get a closer look at the building and suddenly be inspired to go into the restaurant business.
Note that the forest behind the parking lot belongs to someone else and is not for sale, and it's signed as if they're used to interlopers trying to visit their waterfall and are sick and tired of it, so this one is strictly look from afar but don't touch.
Looking at it on the state LIDAR map, and picking out points for the top here and the base here, that gives us a height of 128 feet. Which seems reasonable, I think, and overall I think this would be a scenic highlight of the gorge if only it ran more often. Though that would only be possible if it rained more, and/or Chamberlain Hill (the mini-volcano that's responsible for the higher elevations around here) was a bit taller. And the only way I know of for a volcano to get taller is by erupting, so I'm not sure it would be worth all the extra trouble.
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