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Horseshoe Falls

Horseshoe Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Horseshoe Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Soda Peaks stands 1,351 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Falls Day Use Area, a picnic site 2.6 miles away. JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND passes 8.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
6.7 m
Getting there

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Coordinates45.81332, -122.30311

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Kloochman Butte: 3.1 mi
  • Jack Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Spotted Deer Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Bells Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Sturgeon Rock: 5.2 mi
Parks
  • Yacolt Recreation Park: 5.6 mi
  • Yacolt Town Park: 6.3 mi
  • Alderbrook Park: 6.8 mi
  • Battle Ground Lake State Park: 9.1 mi
  • Sunny Hills Neighborhood Park: 9.2 mi
Artworks
  • Fountain of Youth: 12.1 mi
  • Elvis & Marilyn Monroe: 12.1 mi
  • A Mother's Joy: 12.1 mi
  • Earth: 12.1 mi
  • Mother & Child: 12.1 mi
Nature reserves: 46
Historic sites: 42
  • Flagpole: 6.2 mi
  • Battle Ground Veterans Memorial: 11.7 mi
  • Cape Horn School: 16.0 mi
  • Peace Pole: 16.6 mi
  • La Center High School Victory Bell: 17.4 mi
Gardens: 32
  • Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County: 13.7 mi
  • Florence Wagner Community Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Ellsworth Community Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Mason Bee Demonstation Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Rose Garden Labyrinth: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Museums: 16
Attractions: 15
Cliffs: 14
  • Farside: 17.5 mi
  • Cape Horn: 17.6 mi
  • Ozone Wall: 17.6 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 18.1 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 15.8 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Swim beach: 19.2 mi
  • Lieser Point: 19.7 mi
Springs: 6
  • Summit Spring: 5.4 mi
  • School District Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Kalama Spring: 23.0 mi
  • East Spring: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 5.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Horseshoe Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soda PeaksENE 68°1,351 m12.8 mi
Twin RocksENE 67°1,340 m10.6 mi
Silver Star MountainSE 146°1,337 m5.5 mi
Timbered PeakNE 49°1,335.3 m16.1 mi
Bare MountainENE 59°1,329 m13.0 mi
Green Lookout MountainENE 69°1,307 m9.3 mi
Calamity PeakNE 50°1,306 m11.1 mi
Sister RocksNE 56°1,302.2 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4319:22
June solstice05:2020:1721:04
September equinox06:5718:2919:09
December solstice07:4815:3816:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394145495559656560514439
Precip in7.25.35.64.53.42.30.60.82.24.87.68.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Ground, 11 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,4301,2441,12992959535414079.61083361,0711,458

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge East Fork Lewis River Near Heisson, WA, 8 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/1311156923

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