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Golden and Silver Falls State Park

Golden and Silver Falls State Park from directly overhead

Golden and Silver Falls State Park is a park in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 218 m. Bear Mountain stands 931 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Umpqua River passes 12 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
218 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.48456, -123.93232

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Millicoma Myrtle Grove State Park: 4.1 mi
  • Nesika County Park: 4.4 mi
  • R Higgins Park Boat Ramp: 8.5 mi
  • East Shore Loon Lake Recreation Site: 8.9 mi
  • Umpqua State Park: 11.6 mi
Peaks: 44
  • Elk Peak: 4.0 mi
  • Taylor Butte: 4.6 mi
  • Trail Butte: 5.4 mi
  • Vaughn Point: 6.7 mi
  • Ivers Peak: 6.9 mi
Museums: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Silver Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Golden Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Hewett Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Devil's Staircase: 17.2 mi
Historic sites: 4
Beaches: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Speedway: 21.4 mi
  • Trailhead: 23.8 mi
  • Interpretive Center: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Sandtracks Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Lost at Sea: 21.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Harvest Moon Garden: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Golden and Silver Falls State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear MountainSE 145°931 m24.8 mi
Tyee MountainESE 103°809.244 m23.6 mi
Kelly ButteSE 124°775 m11.1 mi
Old BlueE 82°774 m13.3 mi
Green ButteESE 119°772 m21.7 mi
Coos MountainS 174°759.562 m14.4 mi
Green PeakSE 125°744 m18.4 mi
Ivers PeakSE 145°722 m6.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5119:28
June solstice05:3620:1721:01
September equinox07:0418:3719:15
December solstice07:4615:5616:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474849505457606059555047
Precip in9.47.07.55.42.91.50.40.41.54.28.310.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, 16 mi away.

  • Pacific Sideband21 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug13 obs
  • western maidenhair fern12 obs
  • Pacific Bleeding Heart11 obs
  • Pacific trillium10 obs
  • Rough-skinned Newt9 obs
  • Salmonberry9 obs
  • Square-legged Camel Cricket9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357281116

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