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Sunset Falls Day Use Area

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Sunset Falls Day Use Area is a picnic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 311 m. Soda Peaks stands 1,351 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND passes 9.6 miles off.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates45.81892, -122.25038

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Jack Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Gumboot Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Kloochman Butte: 3.5 mi
  • Tatoosh Hills: 3.8 mi
  • Tatoosh Hills: 4.4 mi
Parks
  • Yacolt Recreation Park: 7.7 mi
  • Yacolt Town Park: 8.4 mi
  • Alderbrook Park: 9.1 mi
  • Jones Creek ORV Area: 10.8 mi
  • Saddle Dam Recreation Area: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Fountain of Youth: 14.7 mi
  • Elvis & Marilyn Monroe: 14.7 mi
  • A Mother's Joy: 14.7 mi
  • Earth: 14.7 mi
  • Mother & Child: 14.7 mi
Historic sites: 37
  • Flagpole: 8.2 mi
  • Battle Ground Veterans Memorial: 14.3 mi
  • Cape Horn School: 15.6 mi
  • Hadley Grove: 16.8 mi
  • Peace Pole: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 22
Attractions: 16
Cliffs: 14
  • Red Bluffs: 16.0 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 16.0 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 16.0 mi
  • Farside: 17.4 mi
  • Cape Horn: 17.4 mi
Museums: 13
Picnic sites: 12
  • Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Cedar C: 14.1 mi
  • Maple: 14.1 mi
  • Oak: 14.1 mi
  • Birch: 14.2 mi
Springs: 8
  • Summit Spring: 3.1 mi
  • School District Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 18.4 mi
  • East Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Kalama Spring: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 16.9 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Swim beach: 20.7 mi
  • Lieser Point: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 4.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Sunset Falls Day Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soda PeaksENE 65°1,351 m10.3 mi
Twin RocksENE 63°1,340 m8.1 mi
Silver Star MountainS 174°1,337 m4.9 mi
Timbered PeakNE 43°1,335.3 m14.0 mi
Bare MountainNE 54°1,329 m10.7 mi
Green Lookout MountainENE 64°1,307 m6.8 mi
Calamity PeakNE 41°1,306 m9.0 mi
Sister RocksNE 51°1,302.2 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:2020:1721:03
September equinox06:5718:2919:08
December solstice07:4815:3816:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394144495559656560524439
Precip in11.18.88.97.55.24.10.91.23.27.812.412.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Skamania Fish Hatchery, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5506696073

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