| Yakso Falls | |
| Coordinates: | 43.2247°N -122.7156°W |
| Coords Ref: | [1] |
| Location: | Cascade Range east of Roseburg in the U.S. state of Oregon |
| Type: | fan split by a large basalt outcrop near the base |
| Elevation: | 3100feet |
| Height: | 70feet |
| Width: | 25feet[2] |
| Watercourse: | Little River |
| Average Flow: | 50cuft/s |
Yakso Falls is a 70feet waterfall on Little River, in the Cascade Range east of Roseburg in the U.S. state of Oregon.[3] The waterfall is about 27miles from the unincorporated community of Glide along Little River Road (County Road 17), which becomes Forest Road 27.[4]
In Chinook jargon, Yakso means "hair of the head". The waterfall is said to resemble the long hair of a woman.
Yakso Falls Trail, 0.7miles long, leads from Lake in the Forest Campground in Umpqua National Forest to the waterfall.[5] 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 5miles 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.[2] [6] Like Hemlock Creek, Cedar, Clover, and Emile creeks are tributaries that enter Little River downstream of Yakso Falls.[7]