Angel Falls
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
- 1,112 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Glass Rock: 1.1 mi
- Taylor Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Goat Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Graham Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Sivels Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 4.6 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 8.7 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 9.1 mi
- Indian Lakes Park: 10.5 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 6.2 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 7.5 mi
- Whisky Falls: 8.0 mi
- Camino Falls: 10.1 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 15.1 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 0.6 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 2.4 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 2.8 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 3.0 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 9.9 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 3.8 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 8.4 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 8.9 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 11.5 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 12.2 mi
- 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
- Willow Creek Trail: 0.3 mi
- Big Ed: 6.3 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 6.4 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 8.9 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 11.5 mi
- Whites Cabin: 7.9 mi
- Exact Center of California: 13.6 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 19.1 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 23.2 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 23.8 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 6.3 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 9.7 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 14.9 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 18.4 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 20.1 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 6.7 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 18.7 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 4.4 mi
- Arch Rock: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Angel Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain | NNE 24° | 2,794 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Raymond | N 6° | 2,650 m | 11.8 mi |
| White Chief Mountain | N 11° | 2,637 m | 10.6 mi |
| Little Shuteye Peak | NE 55° | 2,546 m | 6.7 mi |
| Shuteye Peak | E 84° | 2,536 m | 7.9 mi |
| Fresno Dome | NNE 13° | 2,298 m | 8.2 mi |
| Speckerman Mountain | N 356° | 2,181 m | 8.0 mi |
| Lookout Point | E 99° | 2,165 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 29.5 | 34.8 | 47.5 | 27.4 | 42.2 | 30.1 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 12.1 | 15.7 | 16.6 | 12.2 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/909270350
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 27 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 27 mi
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