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Cape Horn Falls

Cape Horn Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Cape Horn Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Silver Star Mountain stands 1,337 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cape Horn, a cliff 0.1 miles away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD runs past it.

About

The story

cliff in Skamania County, Washington, United States

Wikidata Q49467923, matched on coordinates and name (213 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Height
182 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.57139, -122.19723

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Biddle Butte: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 1.7 mi
  • Angel's Rest: 2.2 mi
  • Crown Point: 3.2 mi
  • Pepper Mountain: 3.3 mi
Waterfalls
Historic sites
Parks
  • Prindle Park: 2.3 mi
  • Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint: 3.9 mi
  • Mable Kerr Park: 5.9 mi
  • George Schmid Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
  • Hartwood Park: 6.0 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions: 40
  • Jerry's Car Barn: 8.8 mi
  • Union Pacific Railcar: 9.3 mi
  • Camas Potholes: 10.1 mi
  • McMenamins Edgefield: 10.5 mi
  • North American Bigfoot Center: 11.9 mi
Museums: 39
Picnic sites: 19
Cliffs: 14
  • Cape Horn: 0.1 mi
  • Farside: 0.4 mi
  • Ozone Wall: 0.7 mi
  • Waespe Point: 5.6 mi
  • Broughton Bluff: 8.9 mi
Springs: 13
  • Wahkeena Spring: 3.6 mi
  • School District Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Cottonwood Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 8.3 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Swim beach: 12.4 mi
  • Lieser Point: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 12.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Cape Horn Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver Star MountainN 351°1,337 m12.3 mi
Sturgeon RockNNW 349°1,267 m12.5 mi
Big Bend MountainESE 117°1,224 m13.3 mi
Palmer PeakE 90°1,222 m9.2 mi
Larch MountainESE 118°1,202 m5.9 mi
Little BaldyN 358°1,201 m12.1 mi
Bluff MountainN 1°1,198.3 m11.8 mi
Nesmith PointE 83°1,180.2 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:21
June solstice05:2120:1621:02
September equinox06:5718:2919:08
December solstice07:4715:3916:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394144495559656560524439
Precip in11.18.88.97.55.24.10.91.23.27.812.412.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Skamania Fish Hatchery, 4 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3,5933,2693,0473,2552,7641,7827754864951,0792,9543,697

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Sandy River Blw Bull Run River, NR Bull Run, OR, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4211408901

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