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Dry Creek Falls

Dry Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Dry Creek Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 303 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the east, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Teakettle Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD passes 1.9 miles off.

What the record says

Height
22 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.65713, -121.86664

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Parks
  • Children's Play Park: 1.4 mi
  • Pet Play Park: 1.4 mi
  • Tollbridge Park: 1.5 mi
  • Train Appreciation Park: 1.5 mi
  • Cascade Locks Marine Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
  • Wauna Point: 3.4 mi
  • Indian Point: 3.8 mi
  • Tomlike Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Munra Point: 5.2 mi
  • Green Point Mountain: 5.2 mi
Springs: 51
  • Teakettle Spring: 1.2 mi
  • East Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Indian Springs: 7.2 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 33
Cliffs: 22
  • Red Bluffs: 5.6 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 5.7 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 5.7 mi
  • Waespe Point: 11.6 mi
  • Cape Horn: 17.1 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Attractions: 10
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 8
  • Home Valley Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 17.3 mi
  • Slackwater Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Marina Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Koberg Beach: 19.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Museums: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 19.3 mi
  • Natural Bridges: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Dry Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceE 95°1,504 m7.0 mi
Indian MountainSSE 166°1,491 m7.7 mi
Green Point MountainESE 116°1,443.8 m5.2 mi
Buck PeakS 178°1,443 m10.9 mi
Chinidere MountainSSE 151°1,416 m5.6 mi
Preachers PeakS 173°1,389 m12.8 mi
Tomlike MountainSE 137°1,387 m4.6 mi
Table MountainS 187°1,383.8 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4119:20
June solstice05:1920:1521:01
September equinox06:5518:2819:07
December solstice07:4615:3716:27

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384145515763686964544538

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cascade Locks, 2 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs2,1231,9641,7631,6941,2807313682402314631,3802,125

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wind River Near Carson, WA, 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/944700656

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