Butte Creek Falls
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Butte Creek Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 543 m. Silver King Mountain stands 1,596 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Butte Creek Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Silver Falls passes 5.9 miles off.
The story
Butte Creek Falls, is a waterfall located on the south east of Scotts Mills, in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It totals 78 feet fall in one wide cascade and is the centerpiece attraction of the Butte Creek Falls trailhead and Recreation Site.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q30625802, matched on coordinates and name (20 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 24 m
- Width
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Silver Falls
- 21.7 mi off the West Cascades, National
Overlooks nearby
- North Falls Viewpoint · 6 mi
- Glen Thomas Site · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Meyers Butte: 2.4 mi
- Buck Point: 4.5 mi
- Dog Rock: 4.8 mi
- Fibre Rock: 4.9 mi
- Sweet Spring Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Park: 8.6 mi
- Bear Creek County Park: 8.8 mi
- North Fork County Park: 9.1 mi
- Elkhorn Valley Recreation Center: 9.1 mi
- Elkhorn Woods Park: 9.3 mi
- Lower Butte Creek Falls: 0.0 mi
- Upper Butte Creek Falls: 0.1 mi
- Upper Abiqua Falls: 2.3 mi
- Abiqua Falls: 2.7 mi
- Upper North Falls: 5.7 mi
- Scio Historical Society Depot Museum: 22.3 mi
- Settlemier House: 22.9 mi
- Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health: 24.1 mi
- Old Aurora Colony Museum: 24.3 mi
- Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society Car Barn & Trolley Museum: 24.4 mi
- Crooked Finger OHV Area: 2.5 mi
- Fee station: 7.6 mi
- Silver Falls Campground Amphetheater: 7.8 mi
- Wildlife-viewing blind: 7.9 mi
- Three Pools: 11.5 mi
- Packsaddle County Park: 13.5 mi
- Santiam Kingston Hills: 14.4 mi
- Ivor Davies Nature Park: 15.1 mi
- Kingston Prairie Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Riverfront Park: 15.9 mi
- Molalla StoryWalk MRA Route Start: 13.7 mi
- Molalla StoryWalk Library Route Start: 15.6 mi
- Molalla StoryWalk Downtown Route Start: 15.9 mi
- Molalla StoryWalk Mulino Route Start: 20.7 mi
- CCC Statue: 24.3 mi
- Number 2: 14.3 mi
- Upper Arm Day Use Area: 21.8 mi
- Detroit Flats Day Use Area: 22.4 mi
- Two Rivers Picnic Site: 23.4 mi
- Yellowbottom Day Use Site: 24.1 mi
- Harvest Nursery Permaculture Garden: 9.4 mi
- The Oregon Garden: 14.5 mi
- Native plant garden: 22.5 mi
- Whittam Community Garden: 24.6 mi
- Bobbie the Wonder Dog: 14.4 mi
- Scio Vetrans Memorial: 22.4 mi
- Marion E. Carl Veterans Memorial: 23.2 mi
- Vietnam Era Veterans Memorial: 24.8 mi
- Palisades: 19.1 mi
- Blowout Cliff: 23.7 mi
- Big Cliff: 23.8 mi
- Big Cliff: 23.9 mi
- Bagby Hot Springs: 16.6 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 24.5 mi
- Giesy Spring: 24.8 mi
- Jawbone Flats: 15.7 mi
- Shelburn: 21.8 mi
- The Maples Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Turner Lake Beach Area: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Butte Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver King Mountain | ESE 102° | 1,596 m | 18.9 mi |
| French Creek Ridge | ESE 117° | 1,566.672 m | 18.8 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,561 m | 17.5 mi |
| Boulder Peak | ESE 118° | 1,550 m | 18.9 mi |
| Baty Butte | ENE 72° | 1,542 m | 16.0 mi |
| Marten Buttes | ESE 121° | 1,539 m | 18.4 mi |
| Rocky Top | SE 131° | 1,528 m | 14.3 mi |
| Marten Buttes | ESE 120° | 1,527 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:16 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:43 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 40 | 42 | 45 | 51 | 56 | 62 | 63 | 59 | 49 | 42 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scotts Mills 9 SE, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,001 | 904 | 753 | 710 | 549 | 292 | 102 | 53.1 | 71.0 | 222 | 738 | 997 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Molalla R AB PC NR Wilhoit, OR, 6 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/5213291810
Day trips start here
- Silverton · 14 mi
- Mt. Angel · 17 mi
- Woodburn · 23 mi
- Aurora · 24 mi
- Wilsonville · 30 mi
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