Chush Falls
Chush Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,521 m. South Sister stands 3,159 m to the southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cascades, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
Chush Falls, also known as Lower Squaw Creek Falls and Lower Whychus Falls, is a waterfall formed along Whychus Creek on the north skirt of North Sister, west side of the city of Bend in Deschutes County, Oregon. Access to Chush Falls is from Forest Service Road 16, south of Highway 242. The trail to the falls ends at the canyon rim overlooking the falls, but unmarked paths lead down to the base of the waterfall. Chush is a Sahaptin word for water.
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Wikidata Q30627039, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 20.4 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass, National
- 8.6 mi off the Cascade Lakes, National
- 18.0 mi off the West Cascades, National
- 24.5 mi off the Over the Rivers and Through the Woods
Overlooks nearby
- Three Sisters Viewpoint · 10 mi
- Windy Point · 10 mi
- Vista Butte Sno-Park · 12 mi
- Arlies Rock/North Gateway Information Viewpoint · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Melvin Butte: 4.4 mi
- North Sister: 4.6 mi
- Broken Hand: 4.6 mi
- Broken Top: 4.7 mi
- Prouty Point: 4.9 mi
- East Portal: 11.6 mi
- Village Green City Park: 11.7 mi
- Barclay Park: 11.7 mi
- Three Sisters Overnight City Park: 11.8 mi
- Creekside City Park: 11.8 mi
- Sisters Fine Woodworking: 12.2 mi
- Mountain Bike: 15.4 mi
- "Chicken": 16.0 mi
- Coyote: 16.8 mi
- Milky Way: 17.2 mi
- The Cascades: 0.2 mi
- Columnar Canyon Falls: 0.4 mi
- Upper Chush Falls: 0.5 mi
- Howlaak Falls: 0.5 mi
- Phoenix Falls: 1.1 mi
- Pole Creek Spring: 2.6 mi
- Black Pine Spring: 4.7 mi
- Black Pine Spring: 4.7 mi
- Melvin Spring: 4.9 mi
- Spruce Spring: 5.7 mi
- Whychus Creek Wild and Scenic River (Scenic Area): 2.8 mi
- Willow Springs Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Indian Ford Meadow Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Camp Polk Meadow Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Aspen Hollow Preserve: 15.9 mi
- Tam McArthur Rim: 4.3 mi
- Lane Plateau: 7.9 mi
- Obsidian Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Obsidian Cliffs: 8.1 mi
- Cougar Buttress: 10.3 mi
- Kiwanis club: 11.8 mi
- Bob the Bend Rock: 19.9 mi
- 1904 Miller Family Ranch and Sawmill: 21.2 mi
- Cold springs resort: 21.4 mi
- Crockett Lodge: 22.0 mi
- Beach Day Use Area: 14.3 mi
- Meadow Day Use Area: 18.2 mi
- Olallie Day Use Area: 19.2 mi
- Clear Lake Day Use Area: 22.0 mi
- Lost Lake Day Use Area: 22.6 mi
- Sisters Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Secret Garden: 18.3 mi
- Miller's Landing Community Garden: 19.1 mi
- Franklin's Corner Community Garden: 20.4 mi
- Petersen Rock Garden: 21.2 mi
- Frank T. Johns: 19.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 19.2 mi
- Peace Statue: 19.4 mi
- Terrence Hardington Foley: 20.8 mi
- Sisters Museum: 11.9 mi
- Deschutes Historical Museum: 19.3 mi
- The High Desert Museum: 21.2 mi
- Bigelow Hot Spring: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Chush Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sister | SW 233° | 3,158.5 m | 5.3 mi |
| North Sister | WNW 285° | 3,075 m | 4.6 mi |
| Middle Sister | W 269° | 3,064 m | 5.0 mi |
| Hodge Crest | SW 229° | 3,060 m | 5.3 mi |
| Broken Top | S 190° | 2,795.93 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Bachelor | S 181° | 2,764 m | 11.8 mi |
| Broken Hand | S 178° | 2,556.053 m | 4.6 mi |
| Ball Butte | S 176° | 2,467.356 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:10 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 15:44 | 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 | 31 | 33 | 38 | 43 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sisters, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Mar.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 11.2 | 20.2 | 15.4 | 11.3 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 6.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge M F Tumalo Creek Blw Prowell Springs, NR Bend, OR, 8 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/1160497715
Day trips start here
- Bend · 20 mi
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