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Ladder Falls

Ladder Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Ladder Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Big Bar Mountain stands 1,332 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Crevice Twin Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away.

What the record says

Height
6.1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.58386, -121.59162

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Waterfalls: 17
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 8
  • Beatson Corral: 1.2 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 5.5 mi
  • IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 15.2 mi
  • Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 16.5 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Ladder Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bar MountainNNE1,332 m16.0 mi
Flea MountainNNE1,299 m18.1 mi
Sky HighENE1,275 m20.0 mi
Shute MountainENE1,255 m17.9 mi
Hungary Hunt PeakNNE1,227 m15.0 mi
Pompys PointENE1,214 m19.4 mi
Little Bald RockENE1,043 m14.7 mi
East China PointN1,038 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4019:5820:38
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2416:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495257616875807873655549
Precip in5.85.64.72.21.40.60.00.10.41.32.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oroville, 5 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs4,7246,2846,4067,2495,8583,1901,7411,4331,2471,4382,0163,387

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Feather R A Oroville CA, 5 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/12773372700

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