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Upper Latourell Falls

Upper Latourell Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Upper Latourell Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Big Bend Mountain stands 1,224 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Latourell Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Historic Columbia River passes 0.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
36.5 m
Getting there

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Coordinates45.53042, -122.22112

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Ross Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Crown Point: 1.3 mi
  • Chanticleer Point: 2.2 mi
  • Pepper Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
Artworks
  • Devoted Passion: 7.7 mi
  • Quaytskin: 8.0 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 8.3 mi
  • Fine Tuned Tulle: 10.2 mi
  • Rockwood Sunrise: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 58
Parks
  • Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint: 2.0 mi
  • Prindle Park: 4.9 mi
  • Sandy River Scenic Waterway: 5.6 mi
  • George Schmid Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
  • Hamllik Park: 5.7 mi
Historic sites: 50
Attractions: 47
  • Jerry's Car Barn: 5.8 mi
  • Union Pacific Railcar: 7.9 mi
  • North American Bigfoot Center: 8.9 mi
  • McMenamins Edgefield: 9.0 mi
  • Camas Potholes: 9.9 mi
Museums: 43
Picnic sites: 15
  • Wahkeena Picnic Site: 5.5 mi
  • Ainsworth Day Use Area: 8.9 mi
  • Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 16.2 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 17.9 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 18.2 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Ozone Wall: 2.6 mi
  • Farside: 2.8 mi
  • Cape Horn: 3.0 mi
  • Broughton Bluff: 7.5 mi
  • Waespe Point: 7.6 mi
Springs: 12
  • Wahkeena Spring: 5.4 mi
  • School District Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Summit Spring: 18.5 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Cottonwood Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 8.1 mi
  • Swim beach: 11.3 mi
  • Lieser Point: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 15.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Upper Latourell Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bend MountainESE1,224 m13.4 mi
Palmer PeakENE1,222 m10.7 mi
Larch MountainE1,202 m6.3 mi
Bluff MountainN1,198 m14.7 mi
Nesmith PointENE1,180 m11.1 mi
Mount TalapusE1,178 m12.5 mi
Aschoff ButtesSE1,159 m13.4 mi
Sherrard PointE1,146 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:2120:1621:02
September equinox06:5718:2919:08
December solstice07:4715:3916:29

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.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3,5933,2693,0473,2552,7641,7827754864951,0792,9543,697

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Sandy River Blw Bull Run River, NR Bull Run, OR, 6 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/4110762453

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