# 🥾 Tumalo Falls — Bend, Oregon 📅 **Date Hiked:** 5-18-25 📏 **Distance:** 6 miles (Out and Back) ⛰️ **Elevation Gain:** 2000 🔥 **Difficulty:** Easy ⭐ **Rating:** 4 🐕 **Dog Friendly:** Yes 🗺️ **Trailhead Map:** --- ### 🏔️ Trail Summary Basically a long-ass gravel road which I think was an after thought because there is a trail running parallel to it. It feels silly hiking it because of the gravel road. So yeah, long walk on a gravel road but Noctis didn't give AF. The waterfall was huge. It's all fenced but it was so loud and I kept fantasizing about falling in the river and not knowing this bitch was coming up. What a terrifying death that would be. I am sure very painless after smashing into the rocks. What would be even more terrifying is surviving, then getting eaten alive by a black bear (native to the area). It would hear you moaning from very far away. Definitely was holding on to the least tight, even with the fence. Anyways... crazy waterfall. Would I come here again from WA? Probably not. --- ### ✅ Highlights - The waterfall was huge. The drop… long way down… kinda surreal. --- ### 🗒️ Notes We just enjoyed watching Noctis run off-leash since it was such a long, wide gravel road — very little actual trail hiking. I bet there is more above we just didn't have snow shoes with us at the time. We drove here from WA to escape the rain. Kinda worth it… kinda not worth it… I would consider coming back from snowshoeing. --- ### 📸 Photo Drop <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <img src="assets/images/noctis/tumalonoctis.jpg" style="max-width: auto; border-radius: 8px;"> <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.25em; color: #aaa; margin-top: 4px;"> <em>He's actually really smart—I promise.</em> </div> </div> --- <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <img src="assets/images/backpacking/tumalofalls1.jpg" style="max-width: auto; border-radius: 8px;"> <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.25em; color: #aaa; margin-top: 4px;"> <em>If you walk further upstream you can see how small the actual river is. If you were drifting down the river, you'd never know this drop was coming. You'd have zero chance.</em> </div> </div> --- <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <img src="assets/images/backpacking/tumalofalls3.jpg" style="max-width: auto; border-radius: 8px;"> <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.25em; color: #aaa; margin-top: 4px;"> <em>From the top...</em> </div> </div> --- *Generated via Trail Review Form v1*