Eagle Creek waterfalls

It cuts through a narrow canyon in its 3,200 feet (980 m) descent to the Columbia River Gorge and is known for its concentration of 13 waterfalls in about 5 miles (8.0 km) distance.

Metlako Falls, which takes its name from the Indian goddess of salmon, is an 82 feet (25 m) punchbowl waterfall.

The falls is formed as Eagle Creek is forced into a narrow channel, no more than 5 feet (1.5 m) wide, by sheer cliffs and shoots at high velocity into a natural amphitheater.

Skoonichuk Falls takes its name from the Chinook Indian word meaning evil spirit.

The falls drop about 45 feet (14 m) in a punchbowl form, ending in a large, clear pool below.

The cliff it flows over consists of the same columnar basalt that is very common in the Columbia River Gorge area.

Tunnel Falls is the only known waterfall on the East Fork Eagle Creek, with a sheer plunge of 130 feet (40 m) into a narrow bowl.

Its most famous feature is the way the Eagle Creek Trail passes behind it, through a narrow tunnel blasted in the cliff face, 60 feet (18 m) above the streambed.

Twister Falls is a unique series of cascades on Eagle Creek, totaling about 140 feet (43 m) in height.

The falls has one main tier that drops into a nearly perfectly round pool, before cascading into Eagle Creek.

Loowit Falls takes its name from Loowit, an old woman in local Indian tribe lore who tended an eternal fire burning on the Bridge of the Gods, and who transformed into Mount St. Helens upon her death.

Like so many of the other waterfalls along Eagle Creek, it plunges over the Columbia River Gorge basalt formation.