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Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Niagara Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 336 m. Laurel Mountain stands 1,094 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pheasant Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
41 m
Getting there

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Coordinates45.20750, -123.62833

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Niagara Point: 0.7 mi
  • Tetons: 2.4 mi
  • Pumpkinseed Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Thune Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Cherry Mountain: 3.1 mi
Parks
  • Coast Creek Park: 4.8 mi
  • Elk Bend Recreation Site: 6.3 mi
  • Blackwell County Park: 8.5 mi
  • Fort Yamhill State Heritage Site: 10.0 mi
  • Oaken Hills Memorial Park: 11.2 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Fort Yamhill: 9.9 mi
  • Hangar a: 16.7 mi
  • Dorymen's Memorial Wall: 16.7 mi
  • Fort Clatsop: 17.6 mi
  • Cape Lookout B-17 Crash Memorial: 19.6 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Attractions: 8
Waterfalls: 7
Museums: 6
Artworks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Kiwanda Beach: 16.7 mi
  • Kiwanda Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Neskowin Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Sand Point Beach: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Gardens: 3
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • La Toutena Mary Spring: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cascade Head Interpretive Wayside: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Niagara Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laurel MountainS 172°1,094 m19.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainS 186°1,051.56 m21.4 mi
Trask MountainNE 36°1,040 m14.1 mi
Hembre RidgeNNE 18°1,039.4 m22.5 mi
Saddle Bag MountainSSW 206°1,032 m16.6 mi
Riley PeakS 177°1,004 m22.1 mi
Mount HeboW 280°972.312 m4.8 mi
Main PointW 274°966 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4819:27
June solstice05:2820:2121:06
September equinox07:0218:3519:14
December solstice07:5115:4616:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464748505457616159544945
Precip in11.48.78.86.84.33.00.81.13.06.912.212.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cloverdale, 13 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs36.831.127.020.211.06.72.91.71.96.429.536.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tucca Creek Near Blaine, Or., 9 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/9029227700

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