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Sorenson Falls

Sorenson Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Sorenson Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the east, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Metlako Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD passes 2.2 miles off.

What the record says

Height
50 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.62541, -121.89638

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Wauna Point: 1.6 mi
  • Munra Point: 3.1 mi
  • Wauneka Point: 4.1 mi
  • Tanner Butte: 4.1 mi
  • Aldrich Butte: 4.5 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Washington Shore Visitor Facility: 2.5 mi
  • Bradford Island Visitor Center: 2.5 mi
  • Tollbridge Park: 2.6 mi
  • Navigation Lock Visitor Center: 2.6 mi
  • Bradford Island Fishing Area: 2.8 mi
Springs: 48
  • Teakettle Spring: 3.5 mi
  • East Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 5.3 mi
Artworks: 36
Cliffs: 20
  • Red Bluffs: 6.3 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 6.4 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 6.5 mi
  • Waespe Point: 9.5 mi
  • Cape Horn: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 12
Nature reserves: 11
Museums: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Home Valley Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 19.3 mi
  • Slackwater Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Marina Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Koberg Beach: 20.9 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Community Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Westside Community Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Scott Johnson Community Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Rose Garden Labyrinth: 18.9 mi
  • Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Sorenson Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceE 79°1,504 m8.6 mi
Indian MountainSSE 149°1,491 m6.3 mi
Green Point MountainE 90°1,443.8 m6.1 mi
Buck PeakSSE 169°1,443 m8.9 mi
Chinidere MountainESE 123°1,416 m4.9 mi
Sentinel PeakSSE 160°1,391 m12.6 mi
Preachers PeakSSE 164°1,389 m10.9 mi
Tomlike MountainESE 104°1,387 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4119:20
June solstice05:1920:1521:01
September equinox06:5518:2819:07
December solstice07:4615:3716:27

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394146515762686964554539
Precip in11.38.79.16.54.13.20.60.92.67.312.513.4

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs2,1231,9641,7631,6941,2807313682402314631,3802,125

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5284447293

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