Sahalie Falls

{{Short description|Waterfall in Oregon, US}}

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| name = Sahalie Falls

| photo = Sahalie Falls.jpg

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| photo_caption = Sahalie Falls

| location = Linn County, Oregon, U.S.

| coords = {{Coord|44.3492|-121.9972|display=inline,title|type:landmark}}

| elevation = {{Convert|2850|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

| type = Segmented Plunges

| height = {{Convert|73|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

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| average_width = {{Convert|30|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}

| number_drops = 1

| average_flow = {{convert|560|ft3/s|abbr=on}}

| watercourse = McKenzie River (Oregon)

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Sahalie Falls, sometimes referred to as Upper Falls, is a plunging waterfall in Linn County, Oregon, United States.{{cite gnis |id= 1126447 |name= Sahalie Falls |entrydate= 28 November 1980 |access-date= 26 April 2025}} The falls is near Santiam Pass on Highway 126, 34.3 miles west of the city of Sisters, Oregon, United States.{{cite web|url =https://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guide/Sahalie_and_Koosah_Falls_Loop_Hike/waterfall/Sahalie-Falls-4269 |title =Sahalie and Koosah Falls Loop Hike |website=OregonHikers.org |access-date= 22 April 2025}} {{cite web|url =https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1126447 |title =Summary Report: Sahalie Falls |website=edits.nationalmap.gov |access-date= 22 April 2025}}

Sahalie Falls (meaning "Heaven" in Chinook) is 0.5 miles upstream from Koosah Falls and 1 mile downstream of Clear Lake on the eastern edge of the Willamette National Forest.{{cite web|url =https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/belknap |title =US Geological Survey: Belknap Volcano |website=usgs.gov |access-date= 22 April 2025}} The falls are {{Convert|8|miles|km|0|abbr=on}} directly west of and {{Convert|5000|feet|m|0|abbr=on}} below the summit of Mount Washington, on the westernmost northern edge of the Large Lava Field formed by Belknap Crater shield volcano.{{cite web|url =https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/willamette/recarea/ |title =US Forest Service Informational Website for Sahalie and Koosah Falls Scenic Viewpoints |website=fs.usda.gov |access-date= 22 April 2025}}

Sahalie Falls links the Cascade Range glacial aquifer supplying Clear Lake with the McKenzie River, traveling west to join the Willamette River on the north end of Eugene - which then continues north into the Columbia River at Portland. The Columbia then flows west to Astoria before emptying into the Pacific Ocean at Cape Disappointment.{{huh?|date=April 2025|reason=sentence structure is messy}}

The waterfall consists of a 73-foot plunge, with year-round waterflow rates of {{convert|560|cuft/s|USgal/min L/h}}. There is a short access trail from the parking lot to the top of the falls, where visitors can get within twenty feet of the waterfall behind a US Forest Service railing. There is also access to a maintained viewpoint downstream of Plunge Pool.{{cite web|url =https://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/waterfall/Sahalie-Falls-4269 |title =Northwest Waterfall Survey info page for Sahalie Falls |website=WaterfallsNorthwest.com |access-date= 22 April 2025}}