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Crevice Falls

Crevice Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Crevice Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Big Bar Mountain stands 1,332 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off.

What the record says

Height
20.1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.58122, -121.58296

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Waterfalls: 20
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 8
  • Beatson Corral: 0.9 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 5.9 mi
  • IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 15.6 mi
  • Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 17.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 17.2 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 20.6 miles of Crevice Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bar MountainNNE 31°1,332 m15.9 mi
Flea MountainNNE 19°1,299 m18.1 mi
Sky HighENE 58°1,275 m19.7 mi
Shute MountainENE 61°1,255 m17.5 mi
Swain HillE 82°1,248 m18.4 mi
Hungary Hunt PeakNNE 31°1,227 m14.9 mi
Pompys PointENE 65°1,214 m19.1 mi
Mount HopeESE 102°1,075 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4019:5820:38
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2416:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 5 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, 5 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/12773395608

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