Little Illinois River Falls
Little Illinois River Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 365 m. Kerby Peak stands 1,659 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Eight Dollar Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Height
- 5 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Eight Dollar Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Tennessee Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Gold Ridge: 3.3 mi
- Pocket Knoll: 3.6 mi
- Fiddler Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Illinois River Forks State Park: 5.8 mi
- Indian Hill Ranch: 11.1 mi
- Matson County Park: 16.9 mi
- Whitehorse County Park: 17.8 mi
- Griffin County Park: 18.3 mi
- It's a Burl gallery: 3.1 mi
- The Dovetail joint: 3.2 mi
- Itskut & Shakshak: 18.9 mi
- Community: 18.9 mi
- Old Man Miner Statue: 21.3 mi
- Butterfly Pavilion: 6.7 mi
- Great Cats World Park: 6.9 mi
- Oregon Caves National Monument: 17.0 mi
- Fort Vanoy Farm Stand: 18.9 mi
- Hellgate: 22.2 mi
- Fort Briggs Historical Marker: 8.2 mi
- Sailor's Diggings - Waldo Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Car: 21.0 mi
- Reinhart Volunteer All Sports Park Entrance: 21.3 mi
- Rotary International Sundial: 21.4 mi
- Kerbyville Museum: 3.3 mi
- Southern Oregon Bigfoot Experience: 5.2 mi
- Siskiyou Smokejumper Base Museum: 9.4 mi
- Oregon Caves Visitor Center: 17.0 mi
- Grants Pass Museum of Art: 22.6 mi
- Siskiyou Field Institute - Deer Creek Center: 3.5 mi
- Lake Selmac County Park: 5.5 mi
- Woodcock Bog RNA (BLM): 7.5 mi
- Rough and Ready State Natural Site: 10.0 mi
- Rough and Ready Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Sixmile Recreation Site: 4.8 mi
- Store Gulch Picnic Site: 5.4 mi
- Iron Ring Picnic Site: 6.4 mi
- Illinois River Falls: 6.5 mi
- Loretta Falls: 18.5 mi
- Green Wall: 18.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 21.6 mi
- Aching Spring: 3.4 mi
- Collier Tunnel Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Friends & Family Trellis: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Little Illinois River Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerby Peak | E 97° | 1,659 m | 11.3 mi |
| Little Grayback Peak | ESE 104° | 1,650 m | 11.8 mi |
| Buck Peak | ESE 119° | 1,598 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mungers Butte | E 86° | 1,578 m | 15.4 mi |
| Holcomb Peak | ESE 104° | 1,566 m | 14.4 mi |
| Page Mountain | SSE 158° | 1,556 m | 16.6 mi |
| Pearsoll Peak | WNW 296° | 1,554 m | 9.4 mi |
| Fiddler Mountain | W 271° | 1,497 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:13 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:01 | 16:46 |
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 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 59 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 11.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 8.0 | 12.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cave Junction 1 WNW, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Apr — fullest in Jan, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2,904 | 2,403 | 2,371 | 1,665 | 903 | 368 | 99.1 | 45.1 | 55.9 | 224 | 1,255 | 2,604 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Illinois River Near Kerby, OR, 1 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/1024638345
Day trips start here
- Oregon Caves National Monument · 17 mi
- Grants Pass · 23 mi
- Merlin · 23 mi
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