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Lower Calf Creek Falls

Lower Calf Creek Falls is a waterfall in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,753 m. Bluebell Knoll stands 3,447 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is McGath Point, a peak 1.7 miles away. Journey Through Time Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.

The story

Calf Creek Falls refers to a pair of perennial waterfalls on the Calf Creek in the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument in central Garfield County, Utah, United States, that total 214 feet (65 m).

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Wikidata Q3916011, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.82931, -111.42042

132 named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 53
  • Bowington Arch: 3.9 mi
  • Cliff House Arch: 4.1 mi
  • Escalante Natural Bridge: 4.2 mi
  • Maverik Natural Bridge: 4.6 mi
  • Maverick Bridge: 4.8 mi
Peaks: 41
  • McGath Point: 1.7 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 4.4 mi
  • Boulder Point: 4.8 mi
  • Balancing Rock: 5.1 mi
  • Sadies Nipple: 6.1 mi
Springs: 12
  • Gresham Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Cliff Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Spruce Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Emigrant Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Row Spring: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 4
  • Day-Use Picnic Site: 2.5 mi
  • Day-Use Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Devils Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Upper Barker Day-Use Area: 23.1 mi
Parks: 4
  • Boulder Town Park: 5.4 mi
  • Coombs Site: 5.6 mi
  • Escalante City Park: 10.6 mi
  • Baileys Wash/Eagle View Trail Head: 10.9 mi
Museums: 3
  • Anasazi State Park Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Anasazi State Park Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Escalante Heritage Center: 9.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Old Wagon: 9.8 mi
  • Old bunker: 17.0 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Upper Muley Twist Arch: 19.9 mi
  • Top Arch: 25.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Upper Calf Creek Fall: 2.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lower Calf Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bluebell KnollN 349°3,447 m23.2 mi
Boulder MountainN 358°3,380 m17.8 mi
Lookout PeakNNW 342°3,378 m24.0 mi
Chokecherry PointN 10°3,283 m21.6 mi
Griffin PointW 277°3,164 m22.4 mi
Burr TopNW 324°3,155 m16.7 mi
Roger PeakNW 314°3,078 m15.0 mi
The BaldysN 358°3,014 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0319:38
June solstice06:0520:1320:52
September equinox07:1418:5019:24
December solstice07:3816:3017:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303442485667727063524030
Precip in1.11.00.90.50.70.41.11.71.61.40.60.8

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

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs7.18.810.810.718.916.56.18.37.47.26.16.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Escalante River Near Escalante, UT, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/490737705

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