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Sunset Falls

Sunset Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Sunset Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 305 m. Soda Peaks stands 1,351 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Falls Day Use Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Columbia River passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
4.2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.81930, -122.24805

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Parks
  • Yacolt Recreation Park: 7.8 mi
  • Yacolt Town Park: 8.5 mi
  • Alderbrook Park: 9.2 mi
  • Jones Creek ORV Area: 10.9 mi
  • Saddle Dam Recreation Area: 11.2 mi
Peaks
  • Jack Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Gumboot Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Kloochman Butte: 3.6 mi
  • Tatoosh Hills: 3.7 mi
  • Saturday Rock: 4.7 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Fountain of Youth: 14.8 mi
  • Elvis & Marilyn Monroe: 14.8 mi
  • A Mother's Joy: 14.8 mi
  • Earth: 14.8 mi
  • Mother & Child: 14.8 mi
Nature reserves: 39
Historic sites: 33
  • Flagpole: 8.3 mi
  • Battle Ground Veterans Memorial: 14.4 mi
  • Cape Horn School: 15.6 mi
  • Hadley Grove: 16.7 mi
  • Peace Pole: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 19
Attractions: 16
Museums: 13
Picnic sites: 12
Cliffs: 11
  • Red Bluffs: 15.9 mi
  • Farside: 17.4 mi
  • Cape Horn: 17.4 mi
  • Ozone Wall: 17.5 mi
  • Waespe Point: 18.0 mi
Springs: 8
  • Summit Spring: 3.0 mi
  • School District Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 18.4 mi
  • East Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Kalama Spring: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 17.0 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Swim beach: 20.8 mi
  • Lieser Point: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 4.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Sunset Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soda PeaksENE1,351 m10.2 mi
Twin RocksENE1,340 m8.0 mi
Silver Star MountainS1,337 m5.0 mi
Timbered PeakNE1,335 m13.9 mi
Bare MountainNE1,329 m10.6 mi
Green Lookout MountainENE1,307 m6.7 mi
Calamity PeakNE1,306 m8.9 mi
Sister RocksNE1,299 m12.5 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–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333640465459656559494033
Precip in14.511.39.86.13.32.20.50.82.88.113.815.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carson Fish Hatchery, 14 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Apr — fullest in Jan, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs84963870051534321869.335.357.8223658841

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Canyon Creek Near Amboy, WA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1625794182

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