Punch Bowl Falls
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Punch Bowl Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 117 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the east-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Punch Bowl Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Historic Columbia River passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
Punch Bowl Falls is a waterfall on Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, United States. Eagle Creek drains into the Columbia River, with its outlet on the Columbia River Gorge in Multnomah County. The falls is 35 feet (11 m) tall and 10 feet (3.0 m) wide. Eagle Creek cuts through a narrow channel and shoots powerfully into a large bowl that resembles a punchbowl. This waterfall was responsible for the waterfall classification type of punchbowl. These falls are not to be confused with another set of falls with the same name, found in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada near Miette Hot Springs. In 2017, the cliff on the left side of the creek collapsed between Punch Bowl and Lower Punch Bowl Falls. Debris from the landslide changed the stream's flow between waterfalls. A little up the river, there is a dilapidated wooden staircase leading to a concrete fish ladder.
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Wikidata Q7259932, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 11 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 2.4 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
- 16.4 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 20.0 mi off the JCT SR 14 VIC BINGEN TO SKAMANIA COUNTY LINE
Overlooks nearby
- Buck Point · 2 mi
- Wauna Viewpoint · 2 mi
- Hardy Falls Viewpoint · 6 mi
- Franz Lake Viewpoint · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Punch Bowl Falls: 0.1 mi
- Sorenson Falls: 0.3 mi
- Metlako Falls: 0.3 mi
- Wauna Falls: 0.9 mi
- Loowit Falls: 1.0 mi
- Wauna Point: 1.8 mi
- Munra Point: 3.2 mi
- Tanner Butte: 3.9 mi
- Wauneka Point: 4.1 mi
- Tomlike Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Fort Raines: 2.5 mi
- Win S. Acton: 2.6 mi
- Pacific Crest Trail Cascade Locks: 3.0 mi
- Hadley Grove: 6.2 mi
- Construction of the Columbia River Highway: 9.2 mi
- Washington Shore Visitor Facility: 2.7 mi
- Bradford Island Visitor Center: 2.7 mi
- Navigation Lock Visitor Center: 2.8 mi
- Tollbridge Park: 2.8 mi
- Bradford Island Fishing Area: 3.0 mi
- Teakettle Spring: 3.6 mi
- East Spring: 4.0 mi
- Tanner Spring: 4.5 mi
- Big Cedar Spring: 5.0 mi
- Big Cedar Spring: 5.0 mi
- Running Free: 3.1 mi
- Reflections of a Cultural Landscape: 18.7 mi
- Hood River Housing: 18.8 mi
- Sayre Taft Colt: 19.0 mi
- Horse: 19.2 mi
- Red Bluffs: 6.5 mi
- Red Bluffs: 6.6 mi
- Red Bluffs: 6.8 mi
- Waespe Point: 9.5 mi
- Cape Horn: 15.1 mi
- Bonneville Fish Hatchery: 3.2 mi
- Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge: 3.5 mi
- Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 4.1 mi
- Skamania County Fairgrounds: 4.8 mi
- Underwater Viewing Chamber: 19.4 mi
- Pierce Island: 5.5 mi
- Great Camas Patch: 7.5 mi
- Starvation Creek State Park: 10.9 mi
- Toll Bridge County Park: 17.1 mi
- Wildwood Recreation Site: 19.3 mi
- Bradford Island Visitors Center: 2.7 mi
- Cascade Locks Historical Museum: 3.2 mi
- Hutson Museum: 16.1 mi
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum: 17.5 mi
- The History Museum: 19.7 mi
- Home Valley Beach: 8.2 mi
- Windboarding Beachhead: 19.4 mi
- Slackwater Beach: 19.6 mi
- Marina Beach: 19.9 mi
- Koberg Beach: 20.9 mi
- Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Westside Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Scott Johnson Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Rose Garden Labyrinth: 18.9 mi
- Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 19.5 mi
- Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 2.0 mi
- Ainsworth Day Use Area: 8.2 mi
- Wahkeena Picnic Site: 11.7 mi
- Hemlock Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Sunset Falls Day Use Area: 21.9 mi
- Dodson: 6.9 mi
- Bridal Veil: 14.2 mi
- Latourell: 16.6 mi
- Kodak Point Highway Pullout: 19.5 mi
- Goverment Camp Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Ed's Trail Arch: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Punch Bowl Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | ENE 77° | 1,504 m | 8.5 mi |
| Indian Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,491 m | 6.0 mi |
| Green Point Mountain | E 88° | 1,443.8 m | 6.0 mi |
| Buck Peak | S 169° | 1,443 m | 8.7 mi |
| Chinidere Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,416 m | 4.7 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | SSE 160° | 1,391 m | 12.4 mi |
| Preachers Peak | SSE 164° | 1,389 m | 10.7 mi |
| Tomlike Mountain | E 101° | 1,387 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 20:15 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:37 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 57 | 62 | 68 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 11.3 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 7.3 | 12.5 | 13.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bonneville DAM, 3 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Dec, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2,123 | 1,964 | 1,763 | 1,694 | 1,280 | 731 | 368 | 240 | 231 | 463 | 1,380 | 2,125 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wind River Near Carson, WA, 9 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/3116055169
Day trips start here
- Cascade Locks · 4 mi
- Stevenson · 5 mi
- Mount Hood · 17 mi
- Hood River · 19 mi
- Washougal · 22 mi
- Government Camp · 23 mi
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