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Gable Falls

Gable Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Gable Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 410 m. Tanner Butte stands 1,355 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Archer Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. Historic Columbia River passes 2.8 miles off.

What the record says

Height
58.5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.61856, -122.12276

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
Parks
  • Prindle Park: 4.8 mi
  • Hamilton Island Recreation Area: 7.0 mi
  • Tanner Creek Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
  • Fort Cascades Trail: 8.1 mi
  • Robins Island Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
Artworks: 37
Historic sites: 26
Springs: 18
  • Wahkeena Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.8 mi
  • East Spring: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 12
Attractions: 12
Cliffs: 11
  • Waespe Point: 3.0 mi
  • Cape Horn: 4.9 mi
  • Farside: 5.3 mi
  • Ozone Wall: 5.6 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 9.7 mi
Museums: 9
Beaches: 6
  • Cottonwood Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 12.0 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Swim beach: 16.5 mi
  • Home Valley Beach: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 11.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Gable Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tanner ButteESE1,355 m11.0 mi
Silver Star MountainNNW1,337 m10.5 mi
Lookout MountainN1,287 m12.6 mi
Eagle ButteESE1,270 m11.6 mi
Sturgeon RockNW1,267 m10.8 mi
Big Bend MountainSE1,224 m12.4 mi
Palmer PeakESE1,222 m6.5 mi
Larch MountainSSE1,202 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4219:21
June solstice05:2020:1621:02
September equinox06:5618:2919:08
December solstice07:4715:3816:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394144495559656560524439
Precip in11.18.88.97.55.24.10.91.23.27.812.412.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Skamania Fish Hatchery, 5 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs12910492.591.074.548.222.616.320.944.1108127

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North Fork Bull Run River Near Multnomah 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5532642822

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