Middle Falls
Middle Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,032 m. Mount Shasta stands 4,322 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away.
The story
McCloud Falls consists of a 15 ft Lower Falls, a 50 ft tall 100 ft wide Middle Falls, and 30 ft Upper Falls on the McCloud River, all linked by a trail or a road.
Wikidata Q111449525, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Hill: 3.4 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 6.3 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 7.0 mi
- Oak Knob: 7.3 mi
- Dogwood Butte: 8.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 0.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 0.8 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
- Lewisia Falls: 12.1 mi
- Ash Creek Falls: 13.0 mi
- Siskiyou Art Musuem: 13.9 mi
- Peaceful Warrior: 23.7 mi
- Those Left Behind: 23.8 mi
- Greatest Generation: 23.8 mi
- POW - MIA: 23.9 mi
- Upper Falls Day Use Area: 0.3 mi
- Lakin Dam: 0.8 mi
- Bigalow Bridge Day Use Area: 1.1 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 1.2 mi
- Cantara Loop River Access: 15.6 mi
- Hoo Hoo Park: 6.4 mi
- Tauhindauli Park: 14.0 mi
- Shastice Park: 16.1 mi
- Mount Shasta City Park: 17.5 mi
- Castle Crags State Park: 18.5 mi
- Smithy: 10.2 mi
- Ladies cabin: 10.3 mi
- Everett Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Battle Rock: 17.5 mi
- Monroe Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Dad Lofton Spring: 7.0 mi
- Deer Springs: 7.9 mi
- Panther Springs: 12.6 mi
- Fern Spring: 16.7 mi
- Indian Springs: 17.3 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 6.8 mi
- Siskiyou Arts Museum: 13.9 mi
- Sisson Museum: 17.2 mi
- Weed Museum: 23.1 mi
- Red Banks: 14.6 mi
- Cosmic Wall: 17.5 mi
- Castle Crags: 17.9 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 15.0 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 16.4 mi
- Lake Siskiyou Beach: 17.4 mi
- Freudian System Cave: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Middle Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shasta | NW 320° | 4,322 m | 15.0 mi |
| Misery Hill | NW 319° | 4,206 m | 14.9 mi |
| Thumb Rock | NW 318° | 3,939 m | 14.5 mi |
| Shastina | NW 316° | 3,758 m | 16.0 mi |
| Shastarama Point | NW 316° | 3,394 m | 13.7 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | NW 313° | 3,188 m | 14.8 mi |
| Green Butte | NW 311° | 2,802 m | 13.5 mi |
| Ash Creek Butte | N 352° | 2,554 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:03 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:58 | 16:43 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 52 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 10.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccloud, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Jun — fullest in Apr, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 891 | 969 | 1,041 | 1,118 | 1,110 | 939 | 831 | 795 | 774 | 765 | 784 | 855 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mccloud R NR Mccloud CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1046494122
Day trips start here
- McCloud · 7 mi
- Dunsmuir · 14 mi
- Mount Shasta · 16 mi
- Weed · 23 mi
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