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Coon Falls

Coon Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Coon Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 321 m. Big Bar Mountain stands 1,332 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Schirmer Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away.

Seasonal falls; only runs for a couple of days after storms

What the record says

Height
12.5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.57710, -121.56387

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Waterfalls: 20
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 8
  • Beatson Corral: 1.0 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 6.8 mi
  • IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 16.6 mi
  • Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 18.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 18.1 mi
Artworks: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 4
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Coon Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bar MountainNNE 28°1,332 m15.6 mi
Quartz HillENE 78°1,325 m19.7 mi
Flea MountainNNE 16°1,299 m18.1 mi
Sky HighNE 56°1,275 m19.0 mi
Shute MountainENE 59°1,255 m16.8 mi
Swain HillE 81°1,248 m17.4 mi
Hungary Hunt PeakNNE 27°1,227 m14.7 mi
Pompys PointENE 63°1,214 m18.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:19
June solstice05:4019:5720:38
September equinox06:5518:2919:05
December solstice07:2416:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495257616875807873655549
Precip in5.85.64.72.21.40.60.00.10.41.32.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oroville, 4 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs4,7246,2846,4067,2495,8583,1901,7411,4331,2471,4382,0163,387

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Feather R A Oroville CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12773372776

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