Lower Rock Creek Falls
Lower Rock Creek Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the east-southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Rock Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Historic Columbia River passes 9.5 miles off.
The story
Tributary to the Columbia River in Skamania County, Washington, United States.
Wikidata Q114315021, matched on coordinates and name (593 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 16.2 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 18.1 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Overlooks nearby
- Buck Point · 4 mi
- Wauna Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Hardy Falls Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Puppy Dog viewpoint · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Rock Creek Falls: 0.2 mi
- Dry Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Pacific Crest Falls: 3.3 mi
- Greenleaf Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lower Ruckel Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
- Rock Creek Park: 0.5 mi
- Gateway Park: 0.6 mi
- Walnut Park: 0.7 mi
- Stevenson Waterfront: 0.9 mi
- Train Appreciation Park: 2.1 mi
- Pacific Crest Trail Cascade Locks: 2.3 mi
- Fort Raines: 3.3 mi
- Win S. Acton: 5.0 mi
- Hadley Grove: 7.5 mi
- Construction of the Columbia River Highway: 8.0 mi
- Rock Creek Butte: 3.4 mi
- Greenleaf Peak: 3.6 mi
- Sacagawea and Papoose Rocks: 4.2 mi
- Table Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Indian Point: 4.8 mi
- East Spring: 2.4 mi
- Teakettle Spring: 3.9 mi
- Tanner Spring: 9.8 mi
- Big Cedar Spring: 10.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.4 mi
- Running Free: 5.4 mi
- Reflections of a Cultural Landscape: 17.9 mi
- Hood River Housing: 18.0 mi
- Sayre Taft Colt: 18.1 mi
- Horse: 18.3 mi
- Red Bluffs: 3.0 mi
- Waespe Point: 12.0 mi
- Cape Horn: 17.1 mi
- Farside: 17.5 mi
- Ozone Wall: 17.8 mi
- Great Camas Patch: 3.9 mi
- Pierce Island: 7.6 mi
- Starvation Creek State Park: 10.0 mi
- Toll Bridge County Park: 20.0 mi
- Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail: 23.3 mi
- Skamania County Fairgrounds: 0.6 mi
- Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge: 1.9 mi
- Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 2.4 mi
- Bonneville Fish Hatchery: 5.5 mi
- The Henderson Monument: 18.8 mi
- Home Valley Beach: 5.7 mi
- Windboarding Beachhead: 18.1 mi
- Slackwater Beach: 18.6 mi
- Marina Beach: 18.9 mi
- Koberg Beach: 20.2 mi
- Westside Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- Scott Johnson Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 19.2 mi
- Lela Hudson Memorial Garden: 20.0 mi
- Clara's Garden: 20.1 mi
- Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 4.3 mi
- Hemlock Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Ainsworth Day Use Area: 10.8 mi
- Wahkeena Picnic Site: 14.1 mi
- Sunset Falls Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
- Cascade Locks Historical Museum: 2.1 mi
- Bradford Island Visitors Center: 4.6 mi
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum: 17.2 mi
- The History Museum: 18.8 mi
- Hutson Museum: 19.1 mi
- Dodson: 9.4 mi
- Bridal Veil: 16.6 mi
- Latourell: 19.0 mi
- Gilmer: 23.9 mi
- Ed's Trail Arch: 17.1 mi
- Natural Bridges: 21.3 mi
- Kodak Point Highway Pullout: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Lower Rock Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | ESE 113° | 1,504 m | 9.1 mi |
| Indian Mountain | SSE 163° | 1,491 m | 10.9 mi |
| Green Point Mountain | SE 130° | 1,444 m | 8.0 mi |
| Chinidere Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,416 m | 8.8 mi |
| Tomlike Mountain | SE 144° | 1,387 m | 7.7 mi |
| Tanner Butte | S 183° | 1,355 m | 9.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NW 305° | 1,287 m | 12.2 mi |
| Big Huckleberry Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,283 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 20:15 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:37 | 16:27 |
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, 2 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/5535206058
Day trips start here
- Stevenson · 0 mi
- Cascade Locks · 2 mi
- Hood River · 18 mi
- Mount Hood · 19 mi
- Washougal · 23 mi
- Camas · 26 mi
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