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Four Mile Falls

Four Mile Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Four Mile Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the east-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Skoonichuk Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Historic Columbia River passes 7.8 miles off.

What the record says

Height
28.9 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.60227, -121.87749

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Tanner Butte: 2.9 mi
  • Wauna Point: 3.2 mi
  • Chinidere Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Tomlike Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Munra Point: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Bradford Island Visitor Center: 4.2 mi
  • Navigation Lock Visitor Center: 4.2 mi
  • Washington Shore Visitor Facility: 4.2 mi
  • Tollbridge Park: 4.3 mi
  • Robins Island Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
Springs: 54
  • Tanner Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 4.0 mi
  • Teakettle Spring: 4.2 mi
Artworks: 36
Cliffs: 21
  • Red Bluffs: 8.1 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 8.2 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 8.4 mi
  • Waespe Point: 10.1 mi
  • Cape Horn: 15.6 mi
Attractions: 12
Nature reserves: 12
Museums: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Home Valley Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 19.2 mi
  • Slackwater Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Marina Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Koberg Beach: 20.5 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Westside Community Garden: 17.9 mi
  • Scott Johnson Community Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Rose Garden Labyrinth: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 20.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Four Mile Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceENE 67°1,504 m8.1 mi
Red HillSE 144°1,502 m12.3 mi
Indian MountainSSE 148°1,491 m4.4 mi
Green Point MountainENE 73°1,443.8 m5.4 mi
Buck PeakS 173°1,443 m7.2 mi
Hiyu MountainSSE 163°1,418 m12.0 mi
Chinidere MountainESE 109°1,416 m3.4 mi
Sentinel PeakSSE 161°1,391 m10.8 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 °F394146515762686964554539
Precip in11.38.79.16.54.13.20.60.92.67.312.513.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bonneville DAM, 4 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs31.129.529.831.733.730.223.820.418.317.522.027.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Bull Run River AT Lower Flume NR Brightwood, OR, 9 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/5534132914

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