Dead Point Falls
Dead Point Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 265 m. The Pinnacle stands 1,593 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Punchbowl Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Columbia River passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 22.9 m
- Width
- 10.7 m
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 7.4 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
- 4.2 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 10.9 mi off the JCT SR 14 VIC BINGEN TO SKAMANIA COUNTY LINE
Overlooks nearby
- Wygant Lower Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Mitchell Point Overlook · 7 mi
- Puppy Dog viewpoint · 8 mi
- Panorama Point Vista House · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Punchbowl Falls: 0.0 mi
- Starvation Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
- Cabin Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- Lancaster Falls: 6.6 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Falls: 6.6 mi
- Punchbowl Falls Park: 0.2 mi
- Kingsley Reservoir County Park: 3.2 mi
- Hood River Fairgrounds: 4.4 mi
- Oak Grove County Park: 4.7 mi
- Tucker County Park and Campground: 4.9 mi
- Savage Spring: 0.9 mi
- Winan Spring: 1.2 mi
- Japanese Spring: 1.5 mi
- Capron Spring: 2.3 mi
- Oak Grove Spring: 2.9 mi
- Dead Point: 1.1 mi
- Middle Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Booth Hill: 5.2 mi
- Mount Defiance: 5.2 mi
- Lenz Butte: 5.5 mi
- Jay D. Conant: 6.7 mi
- Wind Mountain Overlook: 7.4 mi
- Alvin Fry: 7.4 mi
- Summit Creek Viaduct: 7.5 mi
- Carroll Crossing: 7.5 mi
- Reflections of a Cultural Landscape: 8.7 mi
- Hood River Housing: 8.8 mi
- Sayre Taft Colt: 9.1 mi
- Horse: 9.3 mi
- Discipline: 9.3 mi
- Rim Rock: 9.7 mi
- Coyote Wall: 13.4 mi
- Klinger Spring climbing wall: 13.8 mi
- Wankers Columns: 13.9 mi
- Pete's Pile climbing wall: 14.1 mi
- Hutson Museum: 6.1 mi
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum: 6.9 mi
- The History Museum: 9.8 mi
- Cascade Locks Historical Museum: 13.3 mi
- Bradford Island Visitors Center: 15.1 mi
- Starvation Creek State Park: 6.5 mi
- Toll Bridge County Park: 6.5 mi
- Great Camas Patch: 11.8 mi
- Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail: 12.1 mi
- Mosier Plateau Preserve: 13.5 mi
- The Henderson Monument: 9.7 mi
- Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 12.0 mi
- Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge: 13.3 mi
- Skamania County Fairgrounds: 13.8 mi
- Wet Planet Rafting: 15.3 mi
- Scott Johnson Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Westside Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Tom's Learning Garden: 11.2 mi
- Clara's Garden: 11.4 mi
- Slackwater Beach: 9.8 mi
- Marina Beach: 10.0 mi
- Home Valley Beach: 10.0 mi
- Windboarding Beachhead: 10.3 mi
- Koberg Beach: 10.4 mi
- Kodak Point Highway Pullout: 9.0 mi
- Memaloose Park Rest Area Eastbound: 15.5 mi
- Memaloose Park Rest Area Westbound: 15.7 mi
- Chamberlain Lake Safety Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Goverment Camp Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 14.3 mi
- Hemlock Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Ainsworth Day Use Area: 20.5 mi
- Wahkeena Picnic Site: 23.8 mi
- Ice Cave Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Natural Bridges: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Dead Point Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pinnacle | SSW 195° | 1,593 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Defiance | NW 307° | 1,504 m | 5.2 mi |
| Red Hill | SSW 204° | 1,502 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mill Creek Buttes | SSE 153° | 1,497.48 m | 12.1 mi |
| Indian Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,491 m | 10.0 mi |
| Green Point Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,443.8 m | 6.7 mi |
| Buck Peak | WSW 236° | 1,443 m | 13.0 mi |
| Hiyu Mountain | SW 216° | 1,418 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:14 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:27 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:36 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 41 | 46 | 53 | 58 | 64 | 64 | 58 | 48 | 39 | 33 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parkdale 1 NNE, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,540 | 1,425 | 1,326 | 1,314 | 1,216 | 879 | 526 | 367 | 340 | 489 | 983 | 1,333 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Hood River AT Tucker Bridge, Near Hood River, OR, 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/5283515275
Day trips start here
- Mount Hood · 6 mi
- Hood River · 9 mi
- Cascade Locks · 12 mi
- Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge · 12 mi
- Stevenson · 14 mi
- Government Camp · 21 mi
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