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Granite Falls

Granite Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Granite Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 835 m. Bald Mountain stands 1,715 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacksonville Forest Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua passes 8.0 miles off.

Intermittent Stream Falls

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Coordinates42.33491, -123.00741

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Britt Gardens County Park: 2.3 mi
  • Creekside Park: 2.5 mi
  • Doc Griffin Park: 2.6 mi
  • Pheasant Meadow Park: 2.9 mi
  • Menteer Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Historic Nunan House: 2.3 mi
  • Historic C.C. Beekman House: 2.7 mi
  • Linda Brody Memorial Fountain: 2.7 mi
  • Gold Gulch: 5.4 mi
  • Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club: 6.5 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Railroad Trestle: 1.0 mi
  • Oregon Fallen War Heroes Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Hoover-Cooper Building: 7.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Tree: 7.1 mi
  • William L. Barnum, Jr. Memorial Plaza: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Union Park Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Lotus Imports: 8.7 mi
  • Learning Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Memorial rose garden: 8.9 mi
  • Pollenator Garden: 11.0 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Rogue River: 6.9 mi
  • Rogue Gallery & Art Center: 7.0 mi
  • River Hawks: 10.8 mi
  • Madronita: 13.7 mi
  • Tree of life: 13.7 mi
Museums: 11
Nature reserves: 8
  • Jacksonville Forest Park: 0.6 mi
  • Beebe Woods: 2.5 mi
  • Beekman Woods: 2.7 mi
  • William Mott Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
  • Whetstone Savanna Preserve: 7.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • E: 9.7 mi
  • Roxy Ann Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Madrone Ledge Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Madrone: 17.9 mi
  • Seattle Bar Day Use Area: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
  • Yellowjacket Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Dutchman Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Sheep Camp Spring: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Granite Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainSE 142°1,715 m15.6 mi
Anderson ButteSSE 148°1,523 m10.8 mi
Point MountainSE 141°1,503 m13.5 mi
Ninemile PeakSW 214°1,466 m15.8 mi
Tallowbox MountainSW 218°1,447 m12.1 mi
Mount BaldySSW 209°1,411 m11.1 mi
Palmer PeakSSW 212°1,399 m15.1 mi
Timber MountainW 259°1,341 m3.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4719:24
June solstice05:3620:1020:53
September equinox07:0018:3419:11
December solstice07:3915:5816:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404448536067757568564539
Precip in2.72.01.81.51.30.70.20.30.51.22.63.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Medford Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs4,2584,0973,9073,8813,6952,8351,8241,6121,4431,4022,2313,675

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Rogue River AT Raygold Near Central Point, OR, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8285171330

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