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Angel Falls

Angel Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Angel Falls is a waterfall in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,112 m. Iron Mountain stands 2,794 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Creek Trail, a attraction 0.3 miles away.

The story

waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q119518847, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1112 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.33833, -119.57054

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 22
Waterfalls: 13
Picnic sites: 10
Museums: 10
Springs: 9
  • Arnold Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Cold Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Rogers Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Specimen Springs: 16.5 mi
  • Daulton Spring: 16.8 mi
Attractions: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 1
  • Oakhurst Mural: 4.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Angel Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainNNE 24°2,794 m10.8 mi
Quartz MountainNNE 28°2,757 m14.2 mi
Mount RaymondN 6°2,650 m11.8 mi
White Chief MountainN 11°2,637 m10.6 mi
Little Shuteye PeakNE 55°2,546 m6.7 mi
Shuteye PeakE 84°2,536 m7.9 mi
Fresno DomeNNE 13°2,298 m8.2 mi
Speckerman MountainN 356°2,181 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3619:10
June solstice05:3919:4420:23
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1016:0416:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444649536169777671615146
Precip in7.16.45.22.41.40.40.10.10.21.72.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK RS, 8 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs29.534.847.527.442.230.17.55.212.115.716.612.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Willow C NR Bass Lake CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/909270350

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