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Upper Wahe Falls

Upper Wahe Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Upper Wahe Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 330 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Wahe Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Historic Columbia River passes 3.4 miles off.

What the record says

Height
15.2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.60662, -121.96796

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Wauneka Point: 0.8 mi
  • Munra Point: 1.2 mi
  • Nesmith Point: 2.3 mi
  • Wauna Point: 2.6 mi
  • Beacon Rock: 3.0 mi
Parks
  • Hamilton Island Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Tanner Creek Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Robins Island Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
  • Navigation Lock Visitor Center: 2.3 mi
  • Fort Cascades Trail: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Springs: 40
  • Tanner Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 5.3 mi
  • East Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Teakettle Spring: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 36
Nature reserves: 30
Cliffs: 20
  • Waespe Point: 5.8 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 6.7 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 6.8 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 7.2 mi
  • Cape Horn: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 14
Gardens: 13
  • Community Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Rose Garden Labyrinth: 15.2 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 21.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 21.8 mi
  • Westside Community Garden: 21.9 mi
Museums: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Home Valley Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 19.3 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 16.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Upper Wahe Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceENE 76°1,504 m12.2 mi
Indian MountainESE 121°1,491 m7.8 mi
Green Point MountainE 83°1,443.8 m9.6 mi
Buck PeakSE 145°1,443 m9.1 mi
Chinidere MountainE 100°1,416 m7.7 mi
Preachers PeakSE 145°1,389 m11.2 mi
Tomlike MountainE 89°1,387 m8.1 mi
Table MountainSSE 150°1,383.8 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1920:1521:01
September equinox06:5618:2819:07
December solstice07:4615:3816:27

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394146515762686964554539
Precip in11.38.79.16.54.13.20.60.92.67.312.513.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bonneville DAM, 2 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs68957652953144227910372.0100241603693

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge 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/1636220182

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