Pillar Falls
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Pillar Falls is a waterfall in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 956 m. Grand View Peak stands 2,197 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Evel Knievel Jump Site, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
The story
Pillar Falls is a waterfall near Twin Falls, Idaho. Several basalt pillars divide the Snake River into multiple channels, through which the river drops about 20 feet (6 m).
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Wikidata Q7194131, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hansen Bridge Lookout · 7 mi
- viewpoint 1 · 28 mi
- viewpoint 2 · 29 mi
- point 3 · 29 mi
106 named places within 25 miles
- Shoshone Falls: 1.6 mi
- Jason's Woodland Park: 1.8 mi
- Morning Sun Park: 1.8 mi
- Cascade Park: 1.9 mi
- Centennial Waterfront Park: 2.0 mi
- Flat Top Butte: 9.3 mi
- Stricker Butte: 9.6 mi
- Skeleton Butte: 10.1 mi
- Hub Butte: 11.9 mi
- Hansen Butte: 12.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Spring: 16.2 mi
- Nat Soo Pah Hot Springs: 17.9 mi
- Hoops Spring: 18.9 mi
- Moonshine Spring: 19.1 mi
- Huja Patezopai’I: 19.8 mi
- Twins Statue: 1.1 mi
- IB Perrine Monument: 1.2 mi
- Evel Knievel Monument: 1.2 mi
- CSI Tower: 2.5 mi
- Honor Roll: 10.6 mi
- Evel Knievel Jump Site: 0.4 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 1.5 mi
- Jerome County Fairgrounds: 10.1 mi
- Lincoln County Fairgrounds: 23.1 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 1.5 mi
- Perrine Coulee Falls: 2.1 mi
- Auger Falls: 5.3 mi
- Devils Washboard Falls: 18.4 mi
- Herrett Museum: 2.2 mi
- Twin Falls County Museum: 6.5 mi
- Jerome County Historical Museum: 9.8 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 1.5 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Ritter Island: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pillar Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand View Peak | SSE 164° | 2,197 m | 24.7 mi |
| Wooden Shoe Butte | SSE 162° | 2,066 m | 23.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf | SSE 168° | 1,748 m | 17.1 mi |
| Berger Butte | SW 221° | 1,430 m | 15.6 mi |
| Milner Butte | ESE 115° | 1,409 m | 23.1 mi |
| Hub Butte | SSW 193° | 1,404 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hazelton Butte | E 99° | 1,342 m | 17.3 mi |
| Skeleton Butte | E 95° | 1,340 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:37 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 16:22 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 35 | 44 | 49 | 59 | 66 | 75 | 73 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Falls-kmvt, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun, Nov — fullest in Jun, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 3,120 | 3,140 | 3,437 | 4,521 | 5,022 | 5,572 | 2,077 | 976 | 1,262 | 2,471 | 3,160 | 3,080 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Snake River NR Twin Falls ID, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1672855316
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