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Deer Lick Falls

Deer Lick Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Deer Lick Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 704 m. Garwood Butte stands 2,103 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Black Rock, a peak 2.4 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua passes 11 miles off.

The story

Deer Lick Falls is a small waterfall from the Black Rock fork of the South Umpqua River in Douglas County, Oregon. Access to Deer Lick Falls is from Forest Road 28, approximately 4 miles northeast of South Umpqua Falls.

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Wikidata Q38252057, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.12905, -122.58198

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Little Black Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Buckhead Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Raven Rock: 4.3 mi
  • Flagstone Peak: 4.8 mi
  • Quartz Mountain: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 19
Cliffs: 13
Springs: 9
  • Buster Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Grasshopper Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Grasshopper Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Buzzard Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Boundary Springs: 18.3 mi
Parks: 7
  • Rolling Grounds Camp: 6.9 mi
  • Hurryon Camp: 14.3 mi
  • Scaredman Creek Recreation Site: 19.5 mi
  • Cavitt Creek Park: 23.2 mi
  • Richard G Baker Park: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Attractions: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Abbott butte lookout: 12.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Umpqua Hot Springs: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Union Creek Wayside: 16.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Deer Lick Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garwood ButteE 86°2,103 m15.2 mi
Fish MountainESE 115°2,069.3 m8.8 mi
Rattlesnake MountainE 101°2,026 m8.1 mi
Weaver MountainSE 125°1,921 m8.1 mi
Hershberger MountainSE 135°1,908 m9.1 mi
Jackass MountainSE 133°1,881 m8.3 mi
Buckneck MountainE 101°1,877.873 m10.6 mi
Black RockENE 70°1,877.263 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4519:23
June solstice05:3220:1120:54
September equinox06:5818:3219:09
December solstice07:4015:5216:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363943495662696861504136
Precip in6.54.85.44.73.32.00.70.71.53.86.88.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Toketee Falls, 12 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs18815015621725516979.453.143.350.591.0181

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Fish Creek Abv Slipper Creek NR Toketee Falls, OR, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3606657987

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