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Moulton Falls

Moulton Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 159 m. Soda Peaks stands 1,351 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Yacolt Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND passes 5.4 miles off.

What the record says

Height
3.3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.83140, -122.38955

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Bells Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Yacolt Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Spotted Deer Mountain: 4.3 mi
  • Gravel Point: 6.1 mi
  • Elkhorn Mountain: 6.4 mi
Parks
Artworks
  • Elvis & Marilyn Monroe: 8.7 mi
  • Fountain of Youth: 8.7 mi
  • Mother & Child: 8.7 mi
  • A Mother's Joy: 8.7 mi
  • Pioneer: 8.8 mi
Gardens
  • Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County: 10.9 mi
  • Florence Wagner Community Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Blue Heron Community Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Ellsworth Community Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Mason Bee Demonstation Garden: 17.7 mi
Historic sites: 46
  • Flagpole: 2.6 mi
  • Battle Ground Veterans Memorial: 8.2 mi
  • La Center High School Victory Bell: 13.1 mi
  • Timmen's Landing: 13.7 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 24
Museums: 16
Cliffs: 16
Beaches: 14
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 16.8 mi
  • Lieser Point: 18.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 18.6 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Swim beach: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 13
Springs: 4
  • Summit Spring: 9.7 mi
  • School District Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Kalama Spring: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 8.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Moulton Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soda PeaksENE 77°1,351 m16.4 mi
Twin RocksENE 78°1,340 m14.2 mi
Silver Star MountainSE 129°1,337 m9.3 mi
Bare MountainENE 70°1,329 m16.2 mi
Green Lookout MountainE 81°1,307 m13.0 mi
Calamity PeakENE 65°1,306 m13.9 mi
Twin RocksENE 79°1,295 m14.6 mi
Lookout MountainE 99°1,287 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4319:22
June solstice05:2020:1821:04
September equinox06:5718:3019:09
December solstice07:4915:3816:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394145495559656560514439
Precip in7.25.35.64.53.42.30.60.82.24.87.68.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Ground, 8 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,4301,2441,12992959535414079.61083361,0711,458

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge East Fork Lewis River Near Heisson, WA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3740793628

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