Cooper Canyon Falls
Cooper Canyon Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,725 m. Mount Baden-Powell stands 2,860 m to the east, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 20 miles off.
The story
valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49789611, matched on coordinates and name (139 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 8 m
- Width
- 0.5 m
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vista Day Use Area: 1.0 mi
- Buckhorn Day Use Area: 1.4 mi
- Pine Hollow Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Devils Punchbowl County Park: 4.6 mi
- Juniper Hills Park: 7.8 mi
- Kratka Ridge: 1.0 mi
- Akawie Peak: 1.0 mi
- Goodykoontz peak: 1.2 mi
- Will Thrall Peak: 1.6 mi
- Winston Peak: 1.9 mi
- Monrovia Open Space: 12.6 mi
- Monrovia Canyon Park: 13.7 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 14.4 mi
- Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park: 14.7 mi
- SMMC Open Space: 14.9 mi
- A: 14.2 mi
- Eagle: 17.3 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 18.5 mi
- Five Minimalist Poems: 18.6 mi
- William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 19.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 16.4 mi
- Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- Vinny's Mini-World: 16.6 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 16.8 mi
- Santa Fe Dam Nature Center Display Garden: 16.9 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 9.0 mi
- Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 10.4 mi
- Llano del Rio: 10.9 mi
- Deer Park Lodge: 12.1 mi
- In the Pines: 12.2 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 13.0 mi
- Duarte Historical Museum: 15.2 mi
- Wrightwood History Museum: 15.3 mi
- Glendora Historical Society: 15.4 mi
- Monrovia Historical Museum: 15.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 0.9 mi
- Buckhorn Spring: 1.4 mi
- Moss Spring: 1.5 mi
- Winston Spring: 2.9 mi
- Reed Spring: 3.1 mi
- Ridge Crest Picnic Ground: 1.0 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 1.5 mi
- Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Jackson Lake: 10.2 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 4.3 mi
- Sandrocks: 4.7 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 10.4 mi
- The "M": 15.4 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 15.9 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 6.6 mi
- Sturtevant Falls: 12.3 mi
- Fish Canyon Falls: 12.5 mi
- Hermit Falls: 13.5 mi
- Wolfskill Falls: 15.5 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 10.9 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 16.1 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Cooper Canyon Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baden-Powell | E 91° | 2,860 m | 7.9 mi |
| Throop Peak | E 97° | 2,779 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Burnham | E 91° | 2,740 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | ESE 104° | 2,677 m | 5.7 mi |
| Middle Hawkins | ESE 110° | 2,593 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Lewis | E 82° | 2,546 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Islip | ESE 107° | 2,518 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Williamson | ENE 75° | 2,504 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearblossom, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Jun — fullest in Mar, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 20.4 | 29.4 | 34.8 | 30.3 | 26.6 | 17.7 | 10.5 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 11.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Big Rock C NR Valyermo CA, 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/934689936
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 13 mi
- Monrovia · 16 mi
- Arcadia · 18 mi
- San Gabriel Valley · 18 mi
- Covina · 19 mi
- Palmdale · 19 mi
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