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Cooper Canyon Falls

Cooper Canyon Falls, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates34.36114, -117.90228

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Gardens: 58
Artworks
  • Eagle: 17.3 mi
  • Unincorporated Mural: 18.5 mi
  • Five Minimalist Poems: 18.6 mi
  • William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 19.6 mi
  • Pan: 20.1 mi
Historic sites: 49
Nature reserves: 46
Springs: 40
  • 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
Attractions: 37
Waterfalls: 25
  • 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
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 16.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Cooper Canyon Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Baden-PowellE2,860 m7.9 mi
Throop PeakE2,779 m5.9 mi
Mount BurnhamE2,740 m6.9 mi
Mount HawkinsESE2,677 m5.7 mi
Middle HawkinsESE2,593 m5.3 mi
Mount LewisE2,546 m5.5 mi
Mount IslipESE2,518 m3.7 mi
Mount WilliamsonENE2,504 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4119:3120:08
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5516:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495156606877838377675547
Precip in1.21.61.00.30.30.00.10.10.20.30.41.1

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs20.429.434.830.326.617.710.57.66.05.16.911.1

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/934689936

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