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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. JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND passes 9.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
4.2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.81930, -122.24805

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Jack Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Gumboot Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Kloochman Butte: 3.6 mi
  • Tatoosh Hills: 3.7 mi
  • Tatoosh Hills: 4.3 mi
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
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: 40
Historic sites: 37
  • 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: 22
Attractions: 16
Cliffs: 14
  • Red Bluffs: 15.9 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 15.9 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 16.0 mi
  • Farside: 17.4 mi
  • Cape Horn: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Museums: 13
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 15.2 miles of Sunset Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soda PeaksENE 64°1,351 m10.2 mi
Twin RocksENE 62°1,340 m8.0 mi
Silver Star MountainS 175°1,337 m5.0 mi
Timbered PeakNE 43°1,335.3 m13.9 mi
Bare MountainNE 53°1,329 m10.6 mi
Green Lookout MountainENE 64°1,307 m6.7 mi
Calamity PeakNE 41°1,306 m8.9 mi
Sister RocksNE 51°1,302.2 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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