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Deschutes Falls County Park

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Deschutes Falls County Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Storm King Mountain stands 1,445 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Deschutes Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 507 VIC ROY WYE passes 5.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Thurston County Public Works Department
Getting there

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Coordinates46.80261, -122.41527

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Green Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Bald Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Fossil Rock: 1.8 mi
  • Peak 840: 4.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 5.3 mi
Parks
  • Elbow Lake State Park: 2.9 mi
  • Alder Lake Park: 5.3 mi
  • Harts Lake Public Access: 6.7 mi
  • Rapjohn Lake Public Access: 7.8 mi
  • Smallwood Park: 8.1 mi
Historic sites: 27
Attractions: 21
  • Ohop Ridge Christmas Tree Farm: 8.9 mi
  • Mount Rainier Railroad: 10.8 mi
  • Go Kart: 15.9 mi
  • Cinnabar Creek waterfalls: 16.1 mi
  • The Huntting's Pumpkin Patch and Haunted Forest: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
Museums: 13
  • Pioneer Farm Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Stage Stop Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Tenino Depot Museum: 21.0 mi
  • Children’s Museum at JBLM: 21.4 mi
Gardens: 12
Cliffs: 10
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 8
  • Pack Forest Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
  • Woodpecker Point Day Use Area: 10.1 mi
  • Jenny's Junction Day Use Area: 11.7 mi
  • Eagle Crest Day Use Area: 11.9 mi
  • High Point Day Use Area: 12.0 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Artworks: 6
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Silver Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 19.3 mi
  • McAllister Springs: 21.3 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 3
  • South Beach: 21.6 mi
  • North Beach: 21.8 mi
  • The Arbors Private Beach: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Deschutes Falls County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Storm King MountainSE 131°1,445 m16.2 mi
The RockiesSSE 167°1,324 m10.4 mi
Mount ElbertSSE 159°1,323 m11.1 mi
Trout Creek PeakSE 139°1,248 m11.4 mi
Ladd MountainSE 127°1,198 m9.0 mi
Cougar MountainSSE 153°1,154 m7.2 mi
Huckleberry MountainS 189°1,150 m6.3 mi
Bergen MountainSSE 164°1,149 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1620:2121:08
September equinox06:5718:2919:09
December solstice07:5315:3316:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394145495660666661524439
Precip in8.15.86.35.43.82.70.91.32.55.48.48.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mayfield PWR PLT, 22 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • fan pelt lichen16 obs
  • Oregon oak13 obs
  • Toothed Jelly Fungus12 obs
  • Oregon Stonecrop12 obs
  • Methuselah's Beard Lichen11 obs
  • shortspur seablush10 obs
  • Oregon Boxwood10 obs
  • Small-leaved Blinks10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/227046812

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