Big Tree Creek Falls
Big Tree Creek Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 290 m. Soda Peaks stands 1,351 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Yacolt Recreation Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Mount Hood passes 22 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 17.6 m
How to reach it
- 21.8 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 22.0 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Falls lookout point · 10 mi
- Pioneer Point · 21 mi
- Cape Horn Overlook · 21 mi
- Cape Horn Outlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Yacolt Recreation Park: 1.2 mi
- Yacolt Town Park: 1.9 mi
- Amboy Territorial Park: 5.4 mi
- Battle Ground Lake State Park: 6.7 mi
- Merwin Kayak-Canoe Site: 7.2 mi
- Yacolt Falls: 1.7 mi
- Moulton Falls: 1.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 2.0 mi
- Cedar Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
- Lucia Falls: 3.7 mi
- Elvis & Marilyn Monroe: 10.3 mi
- Mother & Child: 10.3 mi
- Fountain of Youth: 10.3 mi
- A Mother's Joy: 10.4 mi
- Pioneer: 10.4 mi
- Bells Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Yacolt Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Tumtum Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Spotted Deer Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Jack Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Flagpole: 1.7 mi
- Battle Ground Veterans Memorial: 9.7 mi
- La Center High School Victory Bell: 13.7 mi
- Timmen's Landing: 14.3 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 15.3 mi
- Moulton Falls Regional Park: 2.3 mi
- Lucia Falls Park: 3.7 mi
- Lauretta Norene Forest Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Duck Lake Wildlife Area: 13.7 mi
- La Center Bottoms: 14.1 mi
- Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County: 12.6 mi
- Florence Wagner Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- Blue Heron Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- Residents Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens: 18.4 mi
- Sunset Falls Day Use Area: 6.5 mi
- Cedar C: 8.6 mi
- Maple: 8.7 mi
- Birch: 8.7 mi
- Oak: 8.8 mi
- North Clark Historical Museum: 5.3 mi
- Lelooska Cultural Center: 11.8 mi
- La Center Museum: 14.5 mi
- Woodland Historical Museum Society: 18.3 mi
- Historic Courthouse Museum: 20.4 mi
- Cedar Creek Grist Mill: 11.5 mi
- Camas Potholes: 17.9 mi
- Cathlapotle Plankhouse: 18.2 mi
- Trail Of Two Forests Interpretive Site: 18.4 mi
- Water Wheel: 19.6 mi
- Sandy Swimming Hole: 18.6 mi
- Lieser Point: 20.1 mi
- Reeder Beach: 20.1 mi
- Cottonwood Beach: 20.3 mi
- Lyons Beach: 20.4 mi
- Tegart Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Farside: 21.5 mi
- Ozone Wall: 21.5 mi
- Cape Horn: 21.6 mi
- Broughton Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.6 mi
- School District Spring: 14.9 mi
- Kalama Spring: 20.6 mi
- Wahkeena Spring: 23.3 mi
- Bridal Veil: 22.7 mi
- Latourell: 23.1 mi
- Dodson: 23.8 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Ed's Trail Arch: 9.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Big Tree Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soda Peaks | E 83° | 1,351 m | 15.4 mi |
| Twin Rocks | E 85° | 1,340 m | 13.2 mi |
| Silver Star Mountain | SE 139° | 1,337 m | 10.0 mi |
| Timbered Peak | ENE 64° | 1,335 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bare Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,329 m | 15.0 mi |
| Green Lookout Mountain | E 89° | 1,307 m | 12.1 mi |
| Calamity Peak | ENE 71° | 1,306 m | 12.6 mi |
| Sister Rocks | ENE 71° | 1,299 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 20:18 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:38 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 41 | 45 | 49 | 55 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 44 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Ground, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Apr — fullest in Dec, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,430 | 1,244 | 1,129 | 929 | 595 | 354 | 140 | 79.6 | 108 | 336 | 1,071 | 1,458 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge East Fork Lewis River Near Heisson, WA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3820284235
Day trips start here
- Camas · 18 mi
- Ridgefield · 18 mi
- Woodland · 18 mi
- Vancouver · 19 mi
- Washougal · 19 mi
- St. Helens · 21 mi
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