Munson Creek Falls State Natural Site
Munson Creek Falls State Natural Site is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Munson Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 1.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Oregon State Parks
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Pacific Coast, National
Overlooks nearby
- Winema Beach Viewpoint · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beaver Point: 3.2 mi
- High Peak: 4.1 mi
- Hardscrabble Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Edwards Butte: 4.7 mi
- Grindstone Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Anderson Hill County Park: 4.1 mi
- Anderson Hill: 4.1 mi
- Goodspeed Park: 7.0 mi
- 9th Street Park: 7.1 mi
- Hoquarton Park: 7.3 mi
- Munson Creek Falls: 0.3 mi
- Niagara Falls: 13.0 mi
- Pheasant Creek Falls: 13.0 mi
- Bridge Creek Falls: 16.4 mi
- Wilson Falls: 17.2 mi
- Tillamook Cheese Factory: 8.9 mi
- Morning Star: 8.9 mi
- Kilchis Point Reserve: 11.3 mi
- Twins Ranch Railriders - Bay City: 12.3 mi
- Octopus Tree: 12.7 mi
- Tillamook Air Museum (Temporarily Closed): 4.1 mi
- Tillamook County Pioneer Museum: 7.2 mi
- Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad: 14.9 mi
- Garibaldi Museum: 15.0 mi
- Tillamook Forest Center: 18.5 mi
- Hangar a: 3.7 mi
- Tillamook Dairy Cow Figure: 7.3 mi
- Fort Clatsop: 9.3 mi
- Cape Lookout B-17 Crash Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Dorymen's Memorial Wall: 14.1 mi
- Cape Kiwanda Marine Garden: 14.1 mi
- Bob Straub State Park: 15.8 mi
- Tillamook Forest Center: 18.4 mi
- Cascade Head Scenic Research Area: 23.9 mi
- Nehalem Bay State Park: 24.4 mi
- Camelback Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Tilden Bluffs: 16.7 mi
- The Rock: 23.5 mi
- Bayocean: 14.2 mi
- Brighton: 22.4 mi
- Idiotville: 24.6 mi
- Kiwanda Beach: 15.5 mi
- Kiwanda Beach: 18.6 mi
- Neskowin Beach: 20.9 mi
- Tillamook River Rest Area: 2.8 mi
- H. B. Van Duzer Forest Wayside: 22.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Jones Creek Day Use Area: 18.7 mi
- La Toutena Mary Spring: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Munson Creek Falls State Natural Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Saddle Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,048 m | 23.1 mi |
| Trask Mountain | E 88° | 1,040 m | 15.4 mi |
| Hembre Ridge | NE 54° | 1,039.4 m | 17.6 mi |
| Triangulation Point | NNE 19° | 986 m | 19.5 mi |
| Kings Mountain | NE 36° | 977 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Hebo | SSE 166° | 972.312 m | 10.3 mi |
| Main Point | S 175° | 966 m | 10.5 mi |
| South Point | S 176° | 958 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:49 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:22 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:46 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 59 | 60 | 58 | 52 | 46 | 43 |
| Precip in | 11.8 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 7.4 | 12.4 | 13.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tillamook 6SE, 5 mi away.
- Pacific Banana Slug43 obs
- Salmonberry32 obs
- Scouler's Corydalis26 obs
- coastal manroot19 obs
- Pacific Waterleaf13 obs
- western maidenhair fern12 obs
- western sword fern11 obs
- western skunk cabbage9 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/577381899
Day trips start here
- McMinnville · 30 mi
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