From downtown, head west on Franklin Avenue skirting Drake Park, turn right on Galveston and keep going west for 11 miles on Skyliners Road. The road turns to gravel when it becomes F.S. Road 4603, and after 3.5 miles on this gravel road you arrive at the falls. Along the road to the falls you will see an area damaged by a forest fire in 1979. A viewpoint for the falls is wheelchair-accessible. The falls can be seen from the parking area, or you may get closer to the falls via an easy trail.
Trails also lead west into the Three Sisters Wilderness.
The sections of the trail between the falls and the wilderness area that are still in the national forest zoom with mountain bikers. During winter the main road is plowed to where the pavement ends at Skyliner Sno-Park, 3.5 miles east of the falls, providing opportunities for Nordic skiing and snowmobiling. In summer you will need a Trail Park Pass, and in winter a Sno-Park permit, to park here. Heading north from Bend, the next Deschutes National Forest access point is via the picturesque town of Sisters. From U.S. Highway 20 in downtown Sisters, turn south on Elm Street toward Three Creek Lake on Forest Service Road 16.