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Beaver Falls

Beaver Falls, a waterfall in Oregon
Beaver Falls, a waterfall in OregonDJ Cane · CC BY-SA 4.0

Beaver Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Nicolai Mountain stands 902 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Clatskanie City Park, a park 3.6 miles away.

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The story

Beaver Falls, is a waterfall located on Beaver Creek near the town of Clatskanie in Columbia County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q30611813, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
71 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.10448, -123.12423

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clatskanie City Park: 3.6 mi
  • Checkmate Park: 3.7 mi
  • Beaver Boat Ramp and Park: 4.0 mi
  • Willow Grove Park: 5.1 mi
  • Hudson Country Park: 6.2 mi
Peaks
  • Palm Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Windy Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Benson Point: 6.1 mi
  • Mount Coffin: 6.7 mi
  • Mount Solo: 6.9 mi
Artworks: 41
  • Welcome to Oregon: 7.4 mi
  • Totem Pole: 7.4 mi
  • Sacagawea: 8.5 mi
  • Best Friends: 8.6 mi
  • Bigfoot: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 25
  • Tonka Land: 8.0 mi
  • Uranus: 8.5 mi
  • John R. Dick Squirrel Bridge: 8.5 mi
  • PUD Squirrel Bridge: 8.6 mi
  • Saturn: 8.6 mi
Historic sites: 22
  • Clatskanie Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Raymond Carver Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 8.8 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 8.8 mi
  • The Monticello Convention: 9.2 mi
Museums: 8
Beaches: 8
Gardens: 7
  • Rhododendron Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Rhododendron Gardens: 10.8 mi
  • Erikson Community Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Master Gardener Demo Garden: 21.5 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Marietta Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Barrier Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Stillwater Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Lower Kalama River Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Bonnie Falls: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Day Use Area: 19.8 mi
  • Lunch Place: 20.8 mi
  • Community Stage: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Beaver Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nicolai MountainW902 m16.1 mi
Elk MountainWSW816 m21.8 mi
Little OnionN808 m22.2 mi
Wickiup MountainW807 m22.1 mi
Goble MountainE791 m21.4 mi
Abernathy MountainN770 m16.0 mi
Nineteen MountainE766 m24.2 mi
Green MountainSW761 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2220:2221:08
September equinox07:0018:3219:12
December solstice07:5315:4016:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404245495459646460514439
Precip in8.35.76.14.32.71.70.60.72.14.58.69.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clatskanie, 4 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs271,944252,697252,781287,842338,992316,447208,564155,481118,783132,241190,122244,025

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Columbia River AT Port Westward, Near Quincy, OR, 6 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/6154823439

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