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Phoenix Falls

Phoenix Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Phoenix Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,735 m. South Sister stands 3,159 m to the west-southwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Howlaak Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Cascade Lakes passes 7.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
33.5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.13713, -121.69596

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • East Portal: 12.7 mi
  • Village Green City Park: 12.8 mi
  • Barclay Park: 12.8 mi
  • Three Sisters Overnight City Park: 12.9 mi
  • Creekside City Park: 12.9 mi
Artworks: 42
  • Sisters Fine Woodworking: 13.3 mi
  • Mountain Bike: 15.5 mi
  • "Chicken": 16.2 mi
  • Coyote: 17.1 mi
  • Milky Way: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 23
Springs: 22
  • Pole Creek Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Black Pine Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Melvin Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Sister Springs: 6.3 mi
  • Linton Spring: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Attractions: 8
  • Kiwanis club: 12.9 mi
  • Bob the Bend Rock: 20.3 mi
  • 1904 Miller Family Ranch and Sawmill: 21.2 mi
  • Crockett Lodge: 22.2 mi
  • Clear Lake Resort: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • Beach Day Use Area: 13.2 mi
  • Meadow Day Use Area: 18.2 mi
  • Olallie Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
  • Clear Lake Day Use Area: 22.2 mi
  • Lost Lake Day Use Area: 23.1 mi
Gardens: 5
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Veteran's Memorial: 19.6 mi
  • Peace Statue: 19.8 mi
  • Terrence Hardington Foley: 21.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Bigelow Hot Spring: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Phoenix Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South SisterWSW3,159 m4.3 mi
North SisterWNW3,075 m4.3 mi
Middle SisterW3,064 m4.4 mi
Hodge CrestSW3,060 m4.3 mi
Broken TopS2,796 m3.7 mi
Mount BachelorS2,764 m10.9 mi
Broken HandSSE2,556 m3.8 mi
Ball ButteSSE2,467 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4119:19
June solstice05:2420:1020:54
September equinox06:5518:2819:06
December solstice07:4015:4416:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313338435057656456453630
Precip in1.71.41.30.81.51.00.60.60.61.12.22.5

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

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs4.73.83.23.511.220.215.411.38.37.87.76.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge M F Tumalo Creek Blw Prowell Springs, NR Bend, OR, 8 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/5535206083

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