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Abiqua Falls

Abiqua Falls, a waterfall in Oregon
Abiqua Falls, a waterfall in Oregonrachel baskerville rachelroyall · CC0
Abiqua Falls, a waterfall in Oregon
Jin Huang · CC BY 3.0

Abiqua Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 361 m. Thunder Mountain stands 1,561 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Crooked Finger OHV Area, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Silver Falls passes 3.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
28 m
Width
6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.92641, -122.56767

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Meyers Butte: 3.7 mi
  • Buck Point: 5.5 mi
  • Silverton Hills: 5.7 mi
  • High Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Big Green Mountain: 7.0 mi
Parks
  • Wilhoit Springs Park: 8.8 mi
  • North Fork County Park: 8.9 mi
  • Scotts Mills County Park: 9.1 mi
  • Silverton Marine Park: 9.6 mi
  • Canyon Creek Park: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 26
Artworks: 23
  • Molalla StoryWalk MRA Route Start: 13.7 mi
  • Molalla StoryWalk Library Route Start: 15.0 mi
  • Molalla StoryWalk Downtown Route Start: 15.4 mi
  • Molalla StoryWalk Mulino Route Start: 20.3 mi
  • CCC Statue: 21.6 mi
Museums: 19
  • Scio Historical Society Depot Museum: 20.6 mi
  • Settlemier House: 20.8 mi
  • Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health: 21.4 mi
  • Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society Car Barn & Trolley Museum: 21.8 mi
  • Oregon Fire Service Museum: 21.9 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Bobbie the Wonder Dog: 11.8 mi
  • Scio Vetrans Memorial: 20.6 mi
  • Marion E. Carl Veterans Memorial: 21.5 mi
  • 1245 Mill Street Section Houses: 22.5 mi
  • Column Segments from Second Oregon Capitol: 22.6 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Crooked Finger OHV Area: 0.3 mi
  • Fee station: 5.5 mi
  • Silver Falls Campground Amphetheater: 5.8 mi
  • Wildlife-viewing blind: 5.9 mi
  • Three Pools: 14.0 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 3
  • Number 2: 11.7 mi
  • Upper Arm Day Use Area: 24.2 mi
  • Detroit Flats Day Use Area: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • The Maples Rest Area: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Abiqua Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thunder MountainENE1,561 m20.1 mi
Baty ButteENE1,542 m18.6 mi
Marten ButtesESE1,527 m20.8 mi
Whetstone MountainESE1,515 m18.1 mi
Sardine MountainSE1,508 m20.0 mi
Bracket MountainENE1,506 m18.6 mi
Table RockENE1,487 m13.0 mi
South Fork MountainNE1,473 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2520:1621:01
September equinox06:5818:3119:09
December solstice07:4615:4416:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394042455156626359494238

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scotts Mills 9 SE, 3 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,00190475371054929210253.171.0222738997

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Molalla R AB PC NR Wilhoit, OR, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5213291111

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