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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
Getting there

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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
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
Museums: 7
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Kiwanda Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Neskowin Beach: 20.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • La Toutena Mary Spring: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Jones Creek Day Use Area: 18.7 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 MountainNE1,048 m23.0 mi
Trask MountainE1,040 m15.2 mi
Hembre RidgeNE1,039 m17.5 mi
Triangulation PointNNE986 m19.6 mi
Kings MountainNE977 m21.4 mi
Mount HeboSSE972 m10.1 mi
Main PointS966 m10.3 mi
South PointS958 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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