Punch Bowl Falls is a

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on Eagle Creek in the

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. Eagle Creek drains into the

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, with its outlet on the

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. The falls is tall and wide. Eagle Creek cuts through a narrow channel and shoots powerfully into a large bowl that resembles a punchbowl. This waterfall was responsible for the waterfall classification type of punchbowl. These falls are not to be confused with another set of falls with the same name, found in

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, Alberta, Canada near

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. In 2017, cliff on the left side of the creek collapsed between Punch Bowl and Little Punch Bowl Falls in 2017. Debris from the landslide changed the stream's flow between waterfalls. A little up the river, there is a dilapidated wooden staircase leading to a concrete

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Nearby waterfalls

Metlako Falls Metlako Falls is a waterfall on Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. It is the furthest downstream of the major waterfalls on Eagle Creek. Like upstream Punch Bowl Falls, Metlak ...

* High Bridge Falls * Sorenson Falls * Tish Creek Falls * Twister Falls

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Punchbowlfalls123.jpg, July afternoon in Punchbowl Falls Punchbowlfalls.jpg, Punch Bowl Falls is a popular photography subject

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