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Wahkeena Spring

Wahkeena Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Wahkeena Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 390 m. Indian Mountain stands 1,491 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairy Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Historic Columbia River passes 0.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates45.56810, -122.12385

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
Parks
  • Prindle Park: 5.1 mi
  • Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint: 7.0 mi
  • Hamilton Island Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
  • Tanner Creek Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
  • Mable Kerr Park: 9.4 mi
Artworks: 43
Historic sites: 29
Gardens: 26
  • Rose Garden Labyrinth: 7.2 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Thom Park Community Garden: 15.3 mi
Springs: 20
  • Tanner Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Indian Springs: 14.4 mi
  • East Spring: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Waespe Point: 2.3 mi
  • Cape Horn: 3.6 mi
  • Farside: 4.0 mi
  • Ozone Wall: 4.2 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 12.2 mi
Attractions: 17
Picnic sites: 13
Museums: 11
Beaches: 6
  • Cottonwood Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 11.8 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Swim beach: 15.9 mi
  • Home Valley Beach: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 14.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Wahkeena Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian MountainE 95°1,491 m14.3 mi
Buck PeakESE 110°1,443 m13.6 mi
Table MountainESE 109°1,383.8 m11.9 mi
Tanner ButteE 91°1,355 m10.5 mi
Silver Star MountainNNW 336°1,337 m13.6 mi
Eagle ButteESE 102°1,270 m10.4 mi
Sturgeon RockNNW 334°1,267 m13.8 mi
North MountainSE 145°1,229 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4219:21
June solstice05:2020:1621:02
September equinox06:5618:2919:08
December solstice07:4715:3916:28

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, 6 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs12910492.591.074.548.222.616.320.944.1108127

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North Fork Bull Run River Near Multnomah Falls, OR, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Herb Robert315 obs
  • western columbine301 obs
  • thimbleberry232 obs
  • fireweed205 obs
  • Pacific Bleeding Heart182 obs
  • western maidenhair fern166 obs
  • Candy Flower165 obs
  • fringe cups164 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/1583403028

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