Summit Creek Falls
Summit Creek Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 170 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the south, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Benson Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Historic Columbia River passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 9.1 m
How to reach it
- 15.9 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 10.4 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Overlooks nearby
- Puppy Dog viewpoint · 2 mi
- Wygant Lower Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Mitchell Point Overlook · 5 mi
- Buck Point · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Camp Benson Falls: 0.1 mi
- Lindsey Creek Falls: 0.4 mi
- Harrison Falls: 0.6 mi
- Lower Lancaster Falls: 1.1 mi
- Lancaster Falls: 1.1 mi
- Shellrock Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Wind Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Dog Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Mount Defiance: 2.6 mi
- Viento West Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Kingsley Reservoir County Park: 4.1 mi
- Family Man Mountain Bike Skills Park: 6.1 mi
- Pet Play Park: 6.5 mi
- Children's Play Park: 6.5 mi
- Train Appreciation Park: 6.5 mi
- Summit Creek Viaduct: 0.3 mi
- Construction of the Columbia River Highway: 0.3 mi
- Wind Mountain Overlook: 0.3 mi
- Jay D. Conant: 5.6 mi
- Pacific Crest Trail Cascade Locks: 8.2 mi
- White Horse Spring: 3.0 mi
- Perham Creek Spring: 4.4 mi
- Teakettle Spring: 5.8 mi
- Oak Grove Spring: 5.9 mi
- Japanese Spring: 5.9 mi
- Reflections of a Cultural Landscape: 9.9 mi
- Hood River Housing: 9.9 mi
- Sayre Taft Colt: 10.1 mi
- Horse: 10.3 mi
- Discipline: 10.4 mi
- Red Bluffs: 11.1 mi
- Coyote Wall: 15.7 mi
- Wankers Columns: 16.4 mi
- Rim Rock: 16.9 mi
- Rowland Wall: 17.1 mi
- Starvation Creek State Park: 1.8 mi
- Great Camas Patch: 4.8 mi
- Toll Bridge County Park: 13.7 mi
- Pierce Island: 14.3 mi
- Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail: 15.2 mi
- Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 6.4 mi
- Skamania County Fairgrounds: 7.9 mi
- Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge: 8.0 mi
- The Henderson Monument: 10.8 mi
- Bonneville Fish Hatchery: 11.7 mi
- Home Valley Beach: 2.9 mi
- Windboarding Beachhead: 10.3 mi
- Slackwater Beach: 10.6 mi
- Marina Beach: 10.9 mi
- Koberg Beach: 12.1 mi
- Cascade Locks Historical Museum: 8.2 mi
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum: 9.0 mi
- The History Museum: 10.8 mi
- Bradford Island Visitors Center: 10.9 mi
- Hutson Museum: 13.2 mi
- Westside Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Scott Johnson Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 11.1 mi
- Lela Hudson Memorial Garden: 12.2 mi
- Clara's Garden: 12.2 mi
- Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 10.1 mi
- Hemlock Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Ainsworth Day Use Area: 17.3 mi
- Ice Cave Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Wahkeena Picnic Site: 20.8 mi
- Kodak Point Highway Pullout: 10.8 mi
- Memaloose Park Rest Area Eastbound: 18.6 mi
- Memaloose Park Rest Area Westbound: 18.8 mi
- Chamberlain Lake Safety Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Dodson: 15.9 mi
- Gilmer: 18.0 mi
- Ortley: 21.4 mi
- Bridal Veil: 23.3 mi
- Natural Bridges: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Summit Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | S 174° | 1,504 m | 2.6 mi |
| Indian Mountain | SSW 207° | 1,491 m | 10.7 mi |
| Green Point Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,444 m | 4.7 mi |
| Chinidere Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,416 m | 8.0 mi |
| Tomlike Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,387 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lost Lake Butte | SSW 194° | 1,362 m | 13.6 mi |
| Tanner Butte | SW 226° | 1,355 m | 12.0 mi |
| Big Huckleberry Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,283 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:15 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:36 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 45 | 51 | 57 | 63 | 68 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cascade Locks, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Dec, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2,123 | 1,964 | 1,763 | 1,694 | 1,280 | 731 | 368 | 240 | 231 | 463 | 1,380 | 2,125 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wind River Near Carson, WA, 4 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/5284447628
Day trips start here
- Cascade Locks · 7 mi
- Stevenson · 8 mi
- Hood River · 10 mi
- Mount Hood · 13 mi
- Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge · 20 mi
- Government Camp · 26 mi
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