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Lower Punch Bowl Falls

Lower Punch Bowl Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Lower Punch Bowl Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the east-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Punch Bowl Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Historic Columbia River passes 7.0 miles off.

The story

Waterfall in Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon.

Wikidata Q7259932, matched on coordinates and name (251 m apart).

What the record says

Height
3.7 m
Width
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.62333, -121.89538

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Wauna Point: 1.7 mi
  • Munra Point: 3.2 mi
  • Tanner Butte: 4.0 mi
  • Wauneka Point: 4.1 mi
  • Aldrich Butte: 4.6 mi
Parks
  • Washington Shore Visitor Facility: 2.6 mi
  • Bradford Island Visitor Center: 2.6 mi
  • Tollbridge Park: 2.7 mi
  • Navigation Lock Visitor Center: 2.7 mi
  • Bradford Island Fishing Area: 2.9 mi
Historic sites: 59
Springs: 39
  • Teakettle Spring: 3.5 mi
  • East Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Indian Springs: 5.6 mi
Artworks: 36
Cliffs: 18
  • Red Bluffs: 6.4 mi
  • Waespe Point: 9.5 mi
  • Cape Horn: 15.1 mi
  • Farside: 15.5 mi
  • Ozone Wall: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Museums: 10
Attractions: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Home Valley Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 19.4 mi
  • Slackwater Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Marina Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Koberg Beach: 20.9 mi
Gardens: 7
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 19.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Lower Punch Bowl Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceENE1,504 m8.5 mi
Indian MountainSSE1,491 m6.1 mi
Green Point MountainE1,444 m6.0 mi
Buck PeakSSE1,443 m8.8 mi
Chinidere MountainESE1,416 m4.8 mi
Sentinel PeakSSE1,391 m12.5 mi
Preachers PeakSSE1,389 m10.8 mi
Tomlike MountainESE1,387 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4119:20
June solstice05:1920:1521:01
September equinox06:5518:2819:07
December solstice07:4615:3716:27

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394146515762686964554539
Precip in11.38.79.16.54.13.20.60.92.67.312.513.4

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

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs2,1231,9641,7631,6941,2807313682402314631,3802,125

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wind River Near Carson, WA, 9 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/9307750777

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