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Munson Creek Falls

Munson Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Munson Creek Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Munson Creek Falls State Natural Site, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 1.7 miles off.

About

The story

State park in Oregon, United States

Wikidata Q6936896, matched on coordinates and name (348 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Height
97.2 m
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Coordinates45.36223, -123.76909

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Beaver Point: 2.9 mi
  • High Peak: 3.8 mi
  • Hardscrabble Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Edwards Butte: 4.6 mi
  • Grindstone Mountain: 5.3 mi
Parks: 54
  • Anderson Hill County Park: 4.3 mi
  • Anderson Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Goodspeed Park: 7.2 mi
  • 9th Street Park: 7.4 mi
  • Hoquarton Park: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 10
Waterfalls: 10
Museums: 8
Historic sites: 7
  • Hangar a: 4.0 mi
  • Tillamook Dairy Cow Figure: 7.6 mi
  • Fort Clatsop: 9.5 mi
  • Cape Lookout B-17 Crash Memorial: 10.6 mi
  • Dorymen's Memorial Wall: 14.1 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Kiwanda Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Kiwanda Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Neskowin Beach: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • Jones Creek Day Use Area: 18.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • La Toutena Mary Spring: 18.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Munson Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainNE 56°1,048 m23.0 mi
Trask MountainE 87°1,040 m15.2 mi
Hembre RidgeNE 53°1,039.4 m17.5 mi
Triangulation PointNNE 18°986 m19.6 mi
Kings MountainNE 35°977 m21.4 mi
Mount HeboSSE 168°972.312 m10.1 mi
Main PointS 176°966 m10.3 mi
South PointS 178°958 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:4919:28
June solstice05:2820:2221:08
September equinox07:0318:3519:14
December solstice07:5215:4616:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434445485256596058524643
Precip in11.89.49.57.04.43.30.91.33.37.412.413.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tillamook 6SE, 5 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs2,1471,6131,5851,0825963561571001244001,4662,161

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Trask River Above Cedar Creek, Near Tillamook, OR, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5341379476

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