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Columnar Canyon Falls

Columnar Canyon Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Columnar Canyon Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,638 m. South Sister stands 3,159 m to the southwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Howlaak Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass passes 9.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
38.1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.14922, -121.69079

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • East Portal: 11.9 mi
  • Village Green City Park: 11.9 mi
  • Barclay Park: 12.0 mi
  • Three Sisters Overnight City Park: 12.1 mi
  • Creekside City Park: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 46
  • Sisters Fine Woodworking: 12.5 mi
  • Mountain Bike: 15.7 mi
  • "Chicken": 16.4 mi
  • Coyote: 17.2 mi
  • Milky Way: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 25
Springs: 25
  • Pole Creek Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Black Pine Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Black Pine Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Melvin Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Spruce Spring: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 7
Attractions: 7
  • Kiwanis club: 12.0 mi
  • Bob the Bend Rock: 20.3 mi
  • Cold springs resort: 21.4 mi
  • 1904 Miller Family Ranch and Sawmill: 21.5 mi
  • Crockett Lodge: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Beach Day Use Area: 14.1 mi
  • Meadow Day Use Area: 18.5 mi
  • Olallie Day Use Area: 18.9 mi
  • Clear Lake Day Use Area: 21.7 mi
  • Lost Lake Day Use Area: 22.4 mi
Gardens: 5
Historic sites: 4
  • Frank T. Johns: 19.5 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 19.6 mi
  • Peace Statue: 19.7 mi
  • Terrence Hardington Foley: 21.1 mi
Museums: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Bigelow Hot Spring: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Columnar Canyon Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South SisterSW 231°3,158.5 m5.0 mi
North SisterWNW 287°3,075 m4.2 mi
Middle SisterW 269°3,064 m4.6 mi
Hodge CrestSW 227°3,060 m5.0 mi
Broken TopS 185°2,795.93 m4.6 mi
Mount BachelorS 179°2,764 m11.7 mi
Broken HandS 173°2,556.053 m4.6 mi
Ball ButteS 172°2,467.356 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4119:19
June solstice05:2420:1020:54
September equinox06:5518:2819:06
December solstice07:4015:4416:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313338435057656456453630
Precip in1.71.41.30.81.51.00.60.60.61.12.22.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sisters, 12 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs4.73.83.23.511.220.215.411.38.37.87.76.7

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4335389846

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