Yakso Falls is a 70-foot (21 m) waterfall on Little River, in the Cascade Range east of Roseburg in the U.S. state of Oregon.[2] The waterfall is about 27 miles (43 km) from the unincorporated community of Glide along Little River Road (County Road 17), which becomes Forest Road 27.[4]

Yakso Falls
Yakso Falls
Location	Cascade Range east of Roseburg in the U.S. state of Oregon
Coordinates	43°13′29″N 122°42′56″W[1]
Type	fan split by a large basalt outcrop near the base[2]
Elevation	3,100 feet (940 m)[2]
Total height	70 feet (21 m)[2]
Total width	25 feet (7.6 m)[3]
Watercourse	Little River
Average flow rate	50 cubic feet per second (1.4 m3/s)[3]

In Chinook jargon, Yakso means "hair of the head".[5] The waterfall is said to resemble the long hair of a woman.[5]

Yakso Falls Trail, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) long, leads from Lake in the Forest Campground in Umpqua National Forest to the waterfall.[6] The trail, open year-round, passes through selectively logged old-growth forest.[4]

Other waterfalls in the vicinity include Hemlock Falls, Middle Hemlock Falls, and Upper Hemlock Falls (also known as Clover Falls), all on nearby Hemlock Creek, a Little River tributary. Additional falls within 5 miles (8.0 km) of Yakso Falls are Tributary Falls on an unnamed tributary of Hemlock Creek; Cedar Creek Falls on Cedar Creek; Flat Rock Falls on the Flat Rock branch of Clover Creek, and Grotto Falls on Emile Creek.[3][7] Like Hemlock Creek, Cedar, Clover, and Emile creeks are tributaries that enter Little River downstream of Yakso Falls.[8]

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