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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: 46
  • 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: 25
Springs: 25
  • Pole Creek Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Black Pine Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Black Pine Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Melvin Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Sister Springs: 6.3 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: 7
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
Historic sites: 4
  • Frank T. Johns: 19.5 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 19.6 mi
  • Peace Statue: 19.8 mi
  • Terrence Hardington Foley: 21.2 mi
Museums: 3
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 SisterWSW 237°3,158.5 m4.3 mi
North SisterWNW 298°3,075 m4.3 mi
Middle SisterW 280°3,064 m4.4 mi
Hodge CrestSW 233°3,060 m4.3 mi
Broken TopS 183°2,795.93 m3.7 mi
Mount BachelorS 178°2,764 m10.9 mi
Broken HandSSE 167°2,556.053 m3.8 mi
Ball ButteSSE 168°2,467.356 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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