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Wahclella Falls

Wahclella Falls is a waterfall in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Munra Point, a peak 0.6 miles away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD passes 1.8 miles off.

The story

Wahclella Falls is a waterfall along Tanner Creek, a tributary of the Columbia River, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It enters the river within the Columbia River Gorge.

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Wikidata Q37412, matched on coordinates and name (119 m apart).

What the record says

Height
38.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.61818, -121.95141

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Munra Point: 0.6 mi
  • Wauneka Point: 1.4 mi
  • Wauna Point: 1.5 mi
  • Aldrich Butte: 2.8 mi
  • Little Hamilton Mountain: 3.3 mi
Waterfalls
Parks
  • Tanner Creek Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
  • Navigation Lock Visitor Center: 1.3 mi
  • Robins Island Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
  • Hamilton Island Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
  • Bradford Island Visitor Center: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Springs: 40
  • Tanner Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 5.5 mi
  • East Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Teakettle Spring: 6.0 mi
Artworks: 36
  • Running Free: 1.1 mi
  • Quaytskin: 20.5 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 20.8 mi
  • Reflections of a Cultural Landscape: 21.4 mi
  • Hood River Housing: 21.5 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Cliffs: 19
  • Red Bluffs: 5.9 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 6.1 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 6.4 mi
  • Waespe Point: 6.8 mi
  • Cape Horn: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 14
Gardens: 13
  • Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Rose Garden Labyrinth: 16.2 mi
  • Westside Community Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Scott Johnson Community Garden: 21.2 mi
  • Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 22.3 mi
Museums: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Home Valley Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 20.2 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 21.5 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 16.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Wahclella Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceE 79°1,504 m11.3 mi
Indian MountainSE 129°1,491 m7.6 mi
Green Point MountainE 87°1,443.8 m8.8 mi
Buck PeakSSE 152°1,443 m9.4 mi
Chinidere MountainESE 108°1,416 m7.1 mi
Preachers PeakSSE 151°1,389 m11.5 mi
Tomlike MountainE 95°1,387 m7.3 mi
Table MountainSSE 158°1,383.8 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:20
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, 1 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, 9 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/1591873588

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