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Lower Falls

Lower Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Lower Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Silver Star Mountain stands 1,337 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lacamas Creek Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mount Hood passes 3.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
9.1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.59687, -122.39435

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lacamas Creek Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lacamas Regional Park: 0.5 mi
  • Louis Bloch Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lacamas Regional Park: 0.7 mi
  • Washougal River Greenway: 0.7 mi
Waterfalls
Artworks
  • Bald Eagle: 1.6 mi
  • Quaytskin: 1.7 mi
  • Devoted Passion: 4.2 mi
  • Rockwood Sunrise: 6.4 mi
  • Fine Tuned Tulle: 6.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Peace Pole: 1.7 mi
  • Nichaqwli Monument: 4.2 mi
  • Heroes Memorial & Tribute: 7.1 mi
  • Peace Pole: 9.1 mi
  • Shotwell Memorial: 9.2 mi
Peaks
  • Woodburn Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Prune Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Brunner Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Green Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Mount Norway: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions: 55
  • Camas Potholes: 0.4 mi
  • Union Pacific Railcar: 3.9 mi
  • McMenamins Edgefield: 4.3 mi
  • Water Wheel: 7.4 mi
  • North American Bigfoot Center: 11.7 mi
Museums: 46
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Area B: 11.1 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 12.2 mi
  • Picnic Area E: 12.3 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 13
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 1.4 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Swim beach: 4.0 mi
  • Lieser Point: 9.2 mi
Springs: 7
  • School District Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Summit Spring: 16.9 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 22.5 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 13.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Lower Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver Star MountainNE 36°1,337 m12.8 mi
Sturgeon RockNE 34°1,267 m12.6 mi
Larch MountainESE 107°1,202 m15.4 mi
Little BaldyNE 41°1,201 m13.8 mi
Bluff MountainNE 44°1,198.3 m14.0 mi
Sherrard PointESE 107°1,146 m15.5 mi
Pyramid RockNE 36°1,091 m11.7 mi
Larch MountainNNE 30°1,057 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4319:22
June solstice05:2120:1721:03
September equinox06:5718:3019:09
December solstice07:4815:3916:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404347515862686863544640
Precip in6.34.75.14.23.32.40.60.71.94.67.57.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troutdale, 3 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Apr — fullest in Dec, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs56.040.038.925.111.98.41.31.23.59.732.759.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Beaver Creek AT Troutdale, OR, 5 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/3948562266

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