Lancaster Falls
Lancaster Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the south-southwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Lancaster Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD passes 1.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 70.4 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
- 14.8 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 9.3 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 10.0 mi off the JCT SR 14 VIC BINGEN TO SKAMANIA COUNTY LINE
Overlooks nearby
- Puppy Dog viewpoint · 2 mi
- Wygant Lower Viewpoint · 3 mi
- Mitchell Point Overlook · 4 mi
- Kodak Point · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Lancaster Falls: 0.0 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Falls: 0.2 mi
- Cabin Creek Falls: 0.5 mi
- Harrison Falls: 0.5 mi
- Lindsey Creek Falls: 0.7 mi
- Wind Mountain Overlook: 1.0 mi
- Summit Creek Viaduct: 1.1 mi
- Construction of the Columbia River Highway: 1.3 mi
- Jay D. Conant: 4.6 mi
- Alvin Fry: 7.8 mi
- Shellrock Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Viento West Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Dog Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Mount Defiance: 2.6 mi
- Wygant Peak: 2.7 mi
- White Horse Spring: 2.4 mi
- Perham Creek Spring: 3.3 mi
- Oak Grove Spring: 4.9 mi
- Japanese Spring: 5.3 mi
- Savage Spring: 5.8 mi
- Kingsley Reservoir County Park: 3.4 mi
- Family Man Mountain Bike Skills Park: 5.0 mi
- Oak Grove County Park: 6.0 mi
- Punchbowl Falls Park: 6.6 mi
- Ruthton County Park: 7.1 mi
- Reflections of a Cultural Landscape: 8.8 mi
- Hood River Housing: 8.9 mi
- Sayre Taft Colt: 9.1 mi
- Horse: 9.3 mi
- Discipline: 9.3 mi
- Red Bluffs: 12.2 mi
- Red Bluffs: 12.4 mi
- Red Bluffs: 12.5 mi
- Coyote Wall: 14.7 mi
- Wankers Columns: 15.3 mi
- Starvation Creek State Park: 0.8 mi
- Great Camas Patch: 5.9 mi
- Toll Bridge County Park: 13.0 mi
- Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail: 14.1 mi
- Pierce Island: 15.2 mi
- Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 7.5 mi
- Skamania County Fairgrounds: 9.0 mi
- Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge: 9.1 mi
- The Henderson Monument: 9.8 mi
- Bonneville Fish Hatchery: 12.7 mi
- Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Westside Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Scott Johnson Community Garden: 8.7 mi
- Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Lela Hudson Memorial Garden: 11.2 mi
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum: 8.0 mi
- Cascade Locks Historical Museum: 9.2 mi
- The History Museum: 9.8 mi
- Bradford Island Visitors Center: 11.8 mi
- Hutson Museum: 12.6 mi
- Home Valley Beach: 3.9 mi
- Windboarding Beachhead: 9.3 mi
- Slackwater Beach: 9.6 mi
- Marina Beach: 9.9 mi
- Koberg Beach: 11.1 mi
- Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 11.1 mi
- Hemlock Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Ainsworth Day Use Area: 18.2 mi
- Ice Cave Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Wahkeena Picnic Site: 21.7 mi
- Kodak Point Highway Pullout: 9.7 mi
- Memaloose Park Rest Area Eastbound: 17.5 mi
- Memaloose Park Rest Area Westbound: 17.7 mi
- Chamberlain Lake Safety Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Dodson: 16.8 mi
- Gilmer: 17.4 mi
- Ortley: 20.3 mi
- Bridal Veil: 24.2 mi
- Natural Bridges: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Lancaster Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | SSW 198° | 1,504 m | 2.6 mi |
| Indian Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,491 m | 11.1 mi |
| Little Huckleberry Mountain | N 0° | 1,457.2 m | 13.9 mi |
| Green Point Mountain | SW 217° | 1,443.8 m | 5.2 mi |
| Chinidere Mountain | SW 217° | 1,416 m | 8.5 mi |
| Tomlike Mountain | SW 221° | 1,387 m | 7.0 mi |
| Lost Lake Butte | SSW 198° | 1,362 m | 13.7 mi |
| Tanner Butte | SW 230° | 1,355 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:15 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:36 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 45 | 51 | 57 | 63 | 68 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cascade Locks, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Dec, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2,123 | 1,964 | 1,763 | 1,694 | 1,280 | 731 | 368 | 240 | 231 | 463 | 1,380 | 2,125 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wind River Near Carson, WA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5534132835
Day trips start here
- Cascade Locks · 8 mi
- Hood River · 9 mi
- Stevenson · 9 mi
- Mount Hood · 12 mi
- Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge · 19 mi
- Government Camp · 26 mi
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