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Munra Falls

Munra Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Munra Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Munra Point, a peak 0.5 miles away. Historic Columbia River passes 4.4 miles off.

What the record says

Height
20.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.62639, -121.95333

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Munra Point: 0.5 mi
  • Wauna Point: 1.3 mi
  • Wauneka Point: 1.5 mi
  • Aldrich Butte: 2.3 mi
  • Little Hamilton Mountain: 3.0 mi
Waterfalls
Parks
  • Tanner Creek Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Robins Island Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
  • Navigation Lock Visitor Center: 0.8 mi
  • Fort Cascades Trail: 1.1 mi
  • Bradford Island Fishing Area: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 36
  • Running Free: 0.5 mi
  • Quaytskin: 20.5 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 20.8 mi
  • Reflections of a Cultural Landscape: 21.3 mi
  • Hood River Housing: 21.4 mi
Springs: 32
  • Tanner Spring: 5.3 mi
  • East Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Teakettle Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Indian Springs: 7.8 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Cliffs: 16
  • Red Bluffs: 5.4 mi
  • Waespe Point: 6.9 mi
  • Cape Horn: 12.4 mi
  • Farside: 12.8 mi
  • Ozone Wall: 13.1 mi
Attractions: 11
Museums: 10
Gardens: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Home Valley Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 20.2 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 21.5 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 16.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Munra Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceE1,504 m11.3 mi
Indian MountainSE1,491 m8.1 mi
Green Point MountainE1,444 m8.8 mi
Buck PeakSSE1,443 m9.9 mi
Chinidere MountainESE1,416 m7.4 mi
Preachers PeakSSE1,389 m12.0 mi
Tomlike MountainE1,387 m7.5 mi
Lost Lake ButteSE1,362 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:20
June solstice05:1920:1521:01
September equinox06:5618:2819:07
December solstice07:4615:3816:27

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, under a mile away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs68957652953144227910372.0100241603693

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Bull Run River Near Multnomah Falls, OR, 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/5483100822

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