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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

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.53042, -122.22112

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Historic sites
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
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
Gardens
Nature reserves
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
Attractions: 49
  • 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
Cliffs: 18
  • Ozone Wall: 2.6 mi
  • Farside: 2.8 mi
  • Cape Horn: 3.0 mi
  • Broughton Bluff: 7.5 mi
  • Waespe Point: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • 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
Springs: 13
  • Wahkeena Spring: 5.4 mi
  • School District Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 15.8 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 14.4 miles of Upper Latourell Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bend MountainESE 104°1,224 m13.4 mi
Palmer PeakENE 75°1,222 m10.7 mi
Larch MountainE 90°1,202 m6.3 mi
Nesmith PointENE 69°1,180.2 m11.1 mi
Mount TalapusE 80°1,178 m12.5 mi
Aschoff ButtesSE 124°1,159 m13.4 mi
Sherrard PointE 89°1,146 m6.5 mi
Aschoff ButtesESE 121°1,096 m13.6 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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