Sherar's Falls
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Sherar's Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Lookout Mountain stands 1,991 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fargher, a ghost town 0.9 miles away. Journey Through Time passes 14 miles off. 111 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
The story
Sherars Falls is a small waterfall along the Deschutes River in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. It is located just north of the city of Maupin on Oregon Route 216 at Sherar's Bridge. It is about 15 feet (4.6 metres) high and is the last waterfall along the Deschutes River before it empties into the Columbia River. The waterfall is rated as a class 6 whitewater and has an administrative closure to boaters because of the danger. It was named after Joseph Sherar, a 19th-century wagon road builder. It is a place considered a sacred fishing ground by local native tribes.
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Wikidata Q112657890, matched on coordinates and name (72 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 4.572 m
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the Journey Through Time
- 26.4 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 27.0 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 27.2 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
Overlooks nearby
- Ice Age Floods Viewpoint · 28 mi
- Sahalie Falls Viewpoint · 29 mi
111 named places within 25 miles
- Devils Halfacre: 3.5 mi
- Tygh Ridge: 3.7 mi
- Postage Stamp Butte: 8.9 mi
- Sugarloaf: 9.1 mi
- Stag Point: 14.4 mi
- Bennett Spring: 18.2 mi
- Stockton Spring: 18.6 mi
- Junction Spring: 19.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 19.4 mi
- Deer Spring: 19.6 mi
- Maupin City Park: 6.0 mi
- Gravel Pile Park: 11.8 mi
- Grass Valley City Park: 14.4 mi
- Moro City Park: 21.6 mi
- Dry Hollow Sports Field: 23.7 mi
- Buckhollow Recreation Site: 1.2 mi
- Sandy Beach Recreation Site: 1.3 mi
- Pine Tree Recreation Site: 3.1 mi
- Surf City Recreation Site: 3.1 mi
- Oak Springs Recreation Site: 3.1 mi
- Wamic Historical Museum: 11.3 mi
- Dufur Historical Society: 14.2 mi
- Sherman County Historical Museum: 21.6 mi
- Rorick House Museum: 24.6 mi
- Fort Dalles Museum and Anderson Homestead: 24.6 mi
- Lower White River Falls: 2.9 mi
- Celestial Falls: 3.0 mi
- White River Falls: 3.0 mi
- Cushing Falls: 24.8 mi
- Depot House Historic Site: 6.5 mi
- Free Bridge Historical Site: 21.1 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 24.5 mi
- End of the Oregon Trail Landmark: 24.7 mi
- White River Falls State Park: 3.0 mi
- Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve: 24.4 mi
- Mill Creek Ridge Preserve: 24.7 mi
- Bulo Point climbing wall: 22.6 mi
- Dobry Point: 23.4 mi
- Gordon Cliffs: 23.7 mi
- Shaniko Historic Historic Stage Coach Stop: 22.4 mi
- Vogt Fountain: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sherar's Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain | WNW 284° | 1,991 m | 24.3 mi |
| Palisade Point | WNW 283° | 1,788 m | 23.0 mi |
| Flag Point | WNW 282° | 1,722 m | 21.2 mi |
| Grasshopper Point | W 269° | 1,641 m | 24.2 mi |
| Cold Point | WNW 285° | 1,637 m | 21.9 mi |
| Eightmile Point | WNW 290° | 1,600 m | 22.7 mi |
| Perry Point | WNW 295° | 1,503 m | 24.2 mi |
| Gordon Butte | W 277° | 1,463 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:38 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:11 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:36 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dufur, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 585 | 642 | 582 | 684 | 724 | 445 | 192 | 132 | 124 | 148 | 259 | 480 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge White River Below Tygh Valley, OR, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1337803101
Day trips start here
- Dufur · 14 mi
- Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge · 25 mi
- The Dalles · 25 mi
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