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Alsea Falls, a waterfall in Oregon
Alsea Falls, a waterfall in OregonBonnie from United States · CC0
Alsea Falls, a waterfall in Oregon
Sandy Horvath-Dori from Grand Junction, CO, USA · CC BY 2.0
Alsea Falls, a waterfall in Oregon
Sandy Horvath-Dori from Grand Junction, CO, USA · CC BY 2.0
Alsea Falls, a waterfall in Oregon
Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0
Alsea Falls, a waterfall in Oregon
Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0
Alsea Falls, a waterfall in Oregon
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Alsea Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Marys Peak stands 1,249 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Alsea Falls Day-Use Area, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Over the Rivers and Through the Woods passes 22 miles off.

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Alsea Falls is a waterfall located in the Central Oregon Coast Range, 13 miles west of Monroe, in Benton County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is 30 feet fall and is part of the Alsea Falls trailhead and Recreation Site.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q29699517, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

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Coordinates44.32638, -123.49161
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alsea Falls Day-Use Area: 0.0 mi
  • Mc Bee Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bellfountain County Park: 6.3 mi
  • Alpine Chapel Park: 6.4 mi
  • Mill Creek County Park: 7.7 mi
Peaks
  • McCloskey Knob: 2.5 mi
  • Walters Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Green Peak: 3.0 mi
  • Prairie Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Wagon Wheel: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves: 28
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 11
  • Monroe's Sharing Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Pioneer Park Rock Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Dunawi Creek Community Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Westside Community Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Organic Growers Club Vegetable Garden: 19.0 mi
Museums: 7
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Hull Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Solstice Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Sulfer Springs: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Green Peak Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Waters of Mormon: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Historical Boxcar: 16.5 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Maple Grove Shelter: 19.1 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Sarver Winery: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Alsea Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marys PeakNNW 346°1,248.8 m12.7 mi
Grass MountainNW 307°1,086 m11.2 mi
Prairie PeakWSW 240°1,040 m6.7 mi
Old Blue MountainNNW 339°1,003 m9.8 mi
Prairie MountainSW 224°1,002 m3.4 mi
Alsea MountainN 351°928 m10.7 mi
Table MountainWNW 301°857.707 m19.9 mi
Green PeakNNE 25°821 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4819:27
June solstice05:3120:1821:02
September equinox07:0218:3519:13
December solstice07:4815:5016:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414346505560666662534540
Precip in6.25.24.63.32.11.00.30.31.33.16.18.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corvallis 10 SSW, 10 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs58.347.544.328.014.27.32.21.22.06.433.357.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge East Fork Lobster Creek Near Alsea, Or., 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2913823500

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