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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: 20
  • 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: 11
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 21.0 miles of Abiqua Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thunder MountainENE 77°1,561 m20.1 mi
Baty ButteENE 75°1,542 m18.6 mi
Marten ButtesESE 118°1,539 m20.8 mi
Rocky TopSE 125°1,528 m16.5 mi
Marten ButtesESE 117°1,527 m20.8 mi
Whetstone MountainESE 103°1,514.6 m18.1 mi
Sardine MountainSE 126°1,508 m20.0 mi
Bracket MountainENE 73°1,506 m18.6 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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