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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. Historic Columbia River passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
6.7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.81332, -122.30311

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
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
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
Nature reserves: 45
Historic sites: 38
  • 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: 29
  • 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: 16
Museums: 16
Attractions: 15
Beaches: 11
  • 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
Cliffs: 11
  • Farside: 17.5 mi
  • Cape Horn: 17.6 mi
  • Ozone Wall: 17.6 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 18.1 mi
  • Waespe Point: 19.0 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 16.5 miles of Horseshoe Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soda PeaksENE1,351 m12.8 mi
Twin RocksENE1,340 m10.6 mi
Silver Star MountainSE1,337 m5.5 mi
Timbered PeakNE1,335 m16.1 mi
Bare MountainENE1,329 m13.0 mi
Green Lookout MountainENE1,307 m9.3 mi
Calamity PeakNE1,306 m11.1 mi
Sister RocksNE1,299 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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