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Upper Bridal Veil Falls

Upper Bridal Veil Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Upper Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Table Mountain stands 1,384 m to the east, 14 miles off. Historic Columbia River passes 0.7 miles off.

What the record says

Height
24.4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.54572, -122.17163

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint: 4.4 mi
  • Prindle Park: 4.5 mi
  • George Schmid Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
  • Mable Kerr Park: 7.4 mi
  • Hamllik Park: 7.5 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions: 39
  • Jerry's Car Barn: 7.8 mi
  • Union Pacific Railcar: 10.3 mi
  • North American Bigfoot Center: 11.3 mi
  • McMenamins Edgefield: 11.4 mi
  • Camas Potholes: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Cape Horn: 2.1 mi
  • Farside: 2.3 mi
  • Ozone Wall: 2.4 mi
  • Waespe Point: 5.0 mi
  • Broughton Bluff: 9.9 mi
Springs: 15
  • Wahkeena Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 13.3 mi
  • School District Spring: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 14
Beaches: 9
  • Cottonwood Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 9.9 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Swim beach: 13.6 mi
  • Lieser Point: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 14.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Upper Bridal Veil Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table MountainE 99°1,383.8 m13.8 mi
Tanner ButteE 84°1,355 m12.9 mi
Eagle ButteE 93°1,270 m12.5 mi
Big Bend MountainESE 112°1,224 m11.4 mi
Palmer PeakENE 78°1,222 m8.1 mi
Larch MountainESE 105°1,202 m4.1 mi
Little BaldyN 353°1,201 m14.0 mi
Bluff MountainN 356°1,198.3 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:21
June solstice05:2120:1621:02
September equinox06:5618:2919:08
December solstice07:4715:3916:28

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, 6 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs12910492.591.074.548.222.616.320.944.1108127

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North Fork Bull Run River Near Multnomah Falls, OR, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5532642951

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