Stevenson Creek Falls
Stevenson Creek Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 701 m. Three Sisters stands 3,215 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Flume Peak, a peak 2.0 miles away.
The story
Waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q119576347, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Flume Peak: 2.0 mi
- Musick Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Lion Point: 2.8 mi
- Mount Stevenson: 3.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 3.9 mi
- Shaver Lake Community Park: 5.1 mi
- Fishing Club: 5.7 mi
- Huntington Lake Game Refuge: 8.2 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 9.1 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area: 12.0 mi
- Eagle Point Day Use Area: 5.2 mi
- Dowville Picnic Site: 7.9 mi
- Mile High Vista Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Dinkey Fisherman Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 13.8 mi
- Arnold Spring: 12.3 mi
- Cole Spring: 13.4 mi
- Sycamore Springs: 20.6 mi
- Little Eden: 21.3 mi
- Reed Pools: 21.5 mi
- Whisky Falls: 9.5 mi
- Line Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 13.3 mi
- Angel Falls: 16.7 mi
- Camino Falls: 17.7 mi
- Exact Center of California: 5.2 mi
- Whites Cabin: 9.3 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Qualls Camp: 17.2 mi
- China Camp: 21.7 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 16.5 mi
- Table Mountain Casino: 20.5 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 21.6 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 21.9 mi
- Big Ed: 22.0 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 2.6 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 7.8 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 15.6 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 21.6 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 22.1 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 4.0 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 9.2 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 19.2 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 19.7 mi
- Millerton Courthouse Museum: 22.3 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Grand Bluff: 9.9 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 10.0 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 12.5 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 22.7 mi
- Arch Rock: 19.5 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Stevenson Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Sisters | E 97° | 3,215 m | 16.3 mi |
| Brown Peak | E 100° | 3,145 m | 16.7 mi |
| Kaiser Peak | NE 47° | 3,142 m | 12.7 mi |
| Red Mountain | E 82° | 3,013 m | 13.3 mi |
| Black Peak | E 87° | 2,969 m | 16.8 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ESE 109° | 2,903 m | 15.2 mi |
| College Rock | NE 54° | 2,760 m | 12.2 mi |
| Bartholomew Peak | ENE 77° | 2,715 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
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 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 62 | 56 | 47 | 40 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntington Lake, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 12.3 | 27.3 | 48.7 | 65.6 | 74.1 | 97.6 | 62.6 | 38.9 | 19.6 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 10.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Stevenson C A Shaver LK CA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/901274933
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