Lower White River Falls
Lower White River Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 267 m. Lookout Mountain stands 1,991 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is White River Falls State Park, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Journey Through Time passes 16 miles off. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Height
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the Journey Through Time
- 24.1 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 27.3 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sahalie Falls Viewpoint · 27 mi
- Ice Age Floods Viewpoint · 29 mi
106 named places within 25 miles
- Devils Halfacre: 0.6 mi
- Tygh Ridge: 4.0 mi
- Postage Stamp Butte: 6.8 mi
- Sugarloaf: 9.8 mi
- Graveyard Butte: 11.7 mi
- Bennett Spring: 15.7 mi
- Stockton Spring: 16.0 mi
- Junction Spring: 16.8 mi
- Sunrise Springs: 18.7 mi
- Three Bear Spring: 19.1 mi
- Surf City Recreation Site: 1.6 mi
- Oak Springs Recreation Site: 1.8 mi
- Lower Blue Hole Recreation Site: 1.9 mi
- Blue Hole Recreation Site: 2.2 mi
- Sandy Beach Recreation Site: 2.2 mi
- Maupin City Park: 4.7 mi
- Gravel Pile Park: 11.2 mi
- Grass Valley City Park: 17.3 mi
- Dry Hollow Sports Field: 24.2 mi
- Moro City Park: 24.2 mi
- White River Falls State Park: 0.1 mi
- Mill Creek Ridge Preserve: 24.6 mi
- Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve: 24.8 mi
- Celestial Falls: 0.2 mi
- White River Falls: 0.2 mi
- Sherar's Falls: 2.9 mi
- Depot House Historic Site: 5.0 mi
- Free Bridge Historical Site: 23.1 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 24.9 mi
- Wamic Historical Museum: 8.6 mi
- Dufur Historical Society: 14.7 mi
- Sherman County Historical Museum: 24.3 mi
- Bulo Point climbing wall: 20.6 mi
- Dobry Point: 20.7 mi
- Shaniko Historic Historic Stage Coach Stop: 23.3 mi
- Vogt Fountain: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lower White River Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,991 m | 22.1 mi |
| Badger Butte | W 280° | 1,821 m | 22.6 mi |
| Gunsight Butte | WNW 283° | 1,799 m | 23.3 mi |
| Palisade Point | WNW 288° | 1,788 m | 20.7 mi |
| Flag Point | WNW 286° | 1,722 m | 18.9 mi |
| Bonney Butte | W 274° | 1,701 m | 24.3 mi |
| Grasshopper Point | W 272° | 1,641 m | 21.5 mi |
| Cold Point | WNW 290° | 1,637 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:38 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:11 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:36 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dufur, 15 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 585 | 642 | 582 | 684 | 724 | 445 | 192 | 132 | 124 | 148 | 259 | 480 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge White River Below Tygh Valley, OR, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7403935093
Day trips start here
- Dufur · 15 mi
- Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge · 24 mi
- The Dalles · 25 mi
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