Salt Creek Falls
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Salt Creek Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 1,189 m. Diamond Peak stands 2,665 m to the south, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Salt Creek Falls Observation Site & Picnic Area, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Cascade Lakes passes 14 miles off.
The story
Salt Creek Falls is a cascade and plunge waterfall on Salt Creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork Willamette River, that plunges into a gaping canyon in the Willamette National Forest near Willamette Pass in Lane County, Oregon. The waterfall is notable for its main drop of 286 feet (87 m), ranking third highest among plunge waterfalls in Oregon, after Multnomah Falls and Watson Falls.) The pool at the bottom of Salt Creek Falls waterfall is 66 feet (20 m) deep.
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Wikidata Q38014, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 87.2 m
- Elevation
- 1189 m
How to reach it
- 13.8 mi off the Cascade Lakes, National
- 18.2 mi off the West Cascades, National
- 24.5 mi off the Rogue-Umpqua, National
Overlooks nearby
- Diamond Lake Viewpoint · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinto Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Mount David Douglas: 3.3 mi
- Mount Yoran: 3.4 mi
- Fuji Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Judd Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Salt Creek Falls Observation Site & Picnic Area: 0.0 mi
- Gold Lake Day Use Area: 4.1 mi
- Tranquil Cove Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Logger Butte Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Tandy Bay Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.3 mi
- Indigo Springs: 10.4 mi
- Chuckle Springs: 11.0 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 12.9 mi
- Warm Springs: 16.3 mi
- Diamond Creek Falls: 0.8 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 1.5 mi
- Lillian Falls: 6.2 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 16.1 mi
- Warm Springs Falls: 18.5 mi
- McCredie Hot Springs - South Bank: 10.3 mi
- McCredie Hot Springs - North Bank: 10.3 mi
- Umpqua Hot Springs: 24.8 mi
- Little Cultus Lake Boat Ramp: 18.3 mi
- Constitution Grove: 18.6 mi
- the O: 19.4 mi
- Greenwaters Park: 18.5 mi
- Salmon Creek Park: 18.6 mi
- Osprey Park: 20.2 mi
- Burley Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Oakridge Museum: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Salt Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Peak | S 189° | 2,665.2 m | 6.4 mi |
| Maiden Peak | E 83° | 2,379 m | 8.2 mi |
| Cowhorn Mountain | SSE 166° | 2,314 m | 15.1 mi |
| The Twins | NE 50° | 2,244 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | S 175° | 2,225.3 m | 15.8 mi |
| Fuji Mountain | NNE 21° | 2,177 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Yoran | S 185° | 2,164 m | 3.4 mi |
| Lakeview Mountain | SE 140° | 2,151 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:10 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 15:48 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 29 | 33 | 37 | 45 | 51 | 59 | 58 | 52 | 43 | 33 | 27 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Odell Lake-east, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5351877159
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