North Falls, Waterfall in Silver Falls State Park, Marion County, Oregon, US.

North Falls is a waterfall within Silver Falls State Park that drops over basalt cliffs, creating a powerful natural curtain of cascading water. The water collects in a pool below, forming a focal point within the surrounding forested landscape.

North Falls takes its name from the North Fork of Silver Creek, the stream that feeds it. The surrounding Silver Falls State Park was developed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, whose crews built trails and rustic structures in the area. The North Falls Trail, with its roughly 80 stairs cut through the rock, leads behind the falling water.

The name comes from North Fork of Silver Creek, the stream that feeds the plunge; the falls is the main one on that fork. The North Falls Trail, about a quarter mile with roughly 80 stairs, drops behind the falling water through a cutout in the basalt, where the roar is amplified.

The North Falls Trail runs about a quarter mile from the trailhead, climbing roughly 80 stairs to a large cutout in the rock that passes behind the falls. From the same trailhead a short, flat path leads the other way to Upper North Falls. The undercut cliff extends back at least 100 feet, so the roar of the water is amplified behind the curtain.

The trail passes behind the falling water through a massive undercut cliff that extends back from the falls for at least 100 feet. The ceiling of this recess runs from 20 to about 75 feet above the trail, and the size of the undercut rock amplifies the roar of the falls.