Multnomah Falls

Multnomah Falls on an August morning, both tiers in view with the stone arch of Benson Bridge spanning the gap between them. The falls plummet 620 feet in two major steps, the highest waterfall in Oregon, in the Columbia River Gorge east of Portland. Unlike the snowmelt falls, Multnomah is fed by underground springs on Larch Mountain, so it keeps running year-round, as this late-summer photo shows. Walk the paved quarter-mile trail to stand on the bridge at the misty base of the upper fall.