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Rancheria Falls

Rancheria Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Rancheria Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,376 m. Mount Hooper stands 3,764 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Butte, a peak 0.5 miles away.

What the record says

Height
40'
Width
6"

How to reach it

Coordinates37.25160, -119.13620

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Picnic sites: 13
Historic sites: 12
Waterfalls: 12
  • Line Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Stevenson Creek Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Twin Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Granite Creek Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Whisky Falls: 16.9 mi
Springs: 11
  • Little Eden: 8.1 mi
  • Reed Pools: 8.3 mi
  • Old Pedro: 8.3 mi
  • Iodone Springs: 8.4 mi
  • Cold Springs: 18.8 mi
Parks: 7
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 3
  • Mono Hot Springs Resort: 8.4 mi
  • John Muir Rock: 17.3 mi
  • Willow Creek Trail: 24.6 mi
Hot springs: 3
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 20.4 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 20.4 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 20.5 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 12.5 mi
  • Whisky Snowmobile Area: 15.5 mi
Museums: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 15.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Rancheria Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HooperENE 78°3,764 m13.6 mi
Mount SengerE 83°3,745 m15.4 mi
Chamberlain PeakE 80°3,538 m12.5 mi
Saddle MountainNNE 21°3,402 m13.9 mi
Mount ShinnESE 103°3,336 m12.2 mi
Ward MountainE 99°3,301 m13.5 mi
CockscombNNE 19°3,258 m15.4 mi
Mount GivensENE 67°3,245 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:09
June solstice05:3719:4220:21
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0816:0316:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343436404654616256474035
Precip in8.57.86.84.02.40.70.70.10.42.33.96.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntington Lake, 5 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1.91.92.23.49.910.99.33.23.12.62.12.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Big C BL Huntington LK CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/905518782

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