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Star Creek Falls

Star Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Star Creek Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 489 m. Soda Peaks stands 1,351 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Star Falls, a waterfall 1.9 miles away. JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
8 m
Width
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.78330, -122.22770

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Kloochman Butte: 2.5 mi
  • Silver Star Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Sturgeon Rock: 2.6 mi
  • Little Baldy: 2.7 mi
  • Bluff Mountain: 3.3 mi
Parks
  • Jones Creek ORV Area: 8.9 mi
  • Alderbrook Park: 9.3 mi
  • Yacolt Recreation Park: 9.8 mi
  • Yacolt Town Park: 10.5 mi
  • Sunny Hills Neighborhood Park: 11.6 mi
Artworks: 56
  • Fountain of Youth: 15.4 mi
  • A Mother's Joy: 15.4 mi
  • Earth: 15.4 mi
  • Elvis & Marilyn Monroe: 15.4 mi
  • Pioneer: 15.4 mi
Nature reserves: 46
Historic sites: 34
Gardens: 22
  • Florence Wagner Community Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County: 16.5 mi
  • Rose Garden Labyrinth: 17.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 19.1 mi
Attractions: 15
Cliffs: 14
  • Red Bluffs: 13.9 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 13.9 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 14.0 mi
  • Cape Horn: 14.8 mi
  • Farside: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 12
Museums: 12
Springs: 11
  • Summit Spring: 1.9 mi
  • School District Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 15.7 mi
  • East Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Teakettle Spring: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 15.0 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Swim beach: 19.1 mi
  • Lieser Point: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 2.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Star Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soda PeaksNE 50°1,351 m10.7 mi
Twin RocksNE 45°1,340 m8.7 mi
Silver Star MountainSSW 193°1,337 m2.5 mi
Bare MountainNE 41°1,329 m11.5 mi
Green Lookout MountainNE 43°1,307 m7.4 mi
Calamity PeakNNE 28°1,306 m10.4 mi
Sister RocksNE 40°1,302.2 m13.6 mi
Sister RocksNE 40°1,299.4 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:2020:1721:03
September equinox06:5718:2919:08
December solstice07:4815:3816:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394144495559656560524439
Precip in11.18.88.97.55.24.10.91.23.27.812.412.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Skamania Fish Hatchery, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4253740127

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