Dry Creek Falls
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. Historic Columbia River passes 9.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 22 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 15.8 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Overlooks nearby
- Buck Point · 3 mi
- Wauna Viewpoint · 3 mi
- Hardy Falls Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Puppy Dog viewpoint · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pacific Crest Falls: 1.3 mi
- Nick Eaton Falls: 2.5 mi
- Sorenson Falls: 2.6 mi
- Metlako Falls: 2.6 mi
- Lower Ruckel Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
- 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
- Pacific Crest Trail Cascade Locks: 1.5 mi
- Fort Raines: 2.5 mi
- Win S. Acton: 4.1 mi
- Construction of the Columbia River Highway: 7.0 mi
- Summit Creek Viaduct: 7.1 mi
- 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
- 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
- Running Free: 4.6 mi
- Reflections of a Cultural Landscape: 16.8 mi
- Hood River Housing: 16.9 mi
- Sayre Taft Colt: 17.1 mi
- Horse: 17.3 mi
- Red Bluffs: 5.6 mi
- Waespe Point: 11.6 mi
- Cape Horn: 17.1 mi
- Farside: 17.5 mi
- Ozone Wall: 17.8 mi
- Great Camas Patch: 4.7 mi
- Pierce Island: 7.3 mi
- Starvation Creek State Park: 8.8 mi
- Toll Bridge County Park: 17.1 mi
- Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail: 22.0 mi
- Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 1.3 mi
- Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge: 1.6 mi
- Skamania County Fairgrounds: 2.6 mi
- Bonneville Fish Hatchery: 4.8 mi
- The Henderson Monument: 17.7 mi
- 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
- Westside Community Garden: 16.3 mi
- Scott Johnson Community Garden: 16.6 mi
- Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- Lela Hudson Memorial Garden: 19.2 mi
- Clara's Garden: 19.2 mi
- Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 3.1 mi
- Ainsworth Day Use Area: 10.4 mi
- Hemlock Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Wahkeena Picnic Site: 13.8 mi
- Sunset Falls Day Use Area: 21.6 mi
- Cascade Locks Historical Museum: 1.6 mi
- Bradford Island Visitors Center: 3.9 mi
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum: 15.8 mi
- Hutson Museum: 16.2 mi
- The History Museum: 17.8 mi
- Dodson: 8.9 mi
- Bridal Veil: 16.3 mi
- Latourell: 18.8 mi
- Gilmer: 24.3 mi
- Ed's Trail Arch: 19.3 mi
- Natural Bridges: 23.1 mi
- Kodak Point Highway Pullout: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Dry Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | E 95° | 1,504 m | 7.0 mi |
| Indian Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,491 m | 7.7 mi |
| Green Point Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,444 m | 5.2 mi |
| Buck Peak | S 178° | 1,443 m | 10.9 mi |
| Chinidere Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,416 m | 5.6 mi |
| Preachers Peak | S 173° | 1,389 m | 12.8 mi |
| Tomlike Mountain | SE 137° | 1,387 m | 4.6 mi |
| Lost Lake Butte | SSE 163° | 1,362 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 20:15 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:37 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 45 | 51 | 57 | 63 | 68 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 38 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2,123 | 1,964 | 1,763 | 1,694 | 1,280 | 731 | 368 | 240 | 231 | 463 | 1,380 | 2,125 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/944700656
Day trips start here
- Cascade Locks · 1 mi
- Stevenson · 3 mi
- Hood River · 17 mi
- Mount Hood · 17 mi
- Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge · 23 mi
- Washougal · 24 mi
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