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White Swift Falls

White Swift Falls, seen from above at true elevation

White Swift Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,180 m. Frazier Mountain stands 2,442 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away.

What the record says

Height
18 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.48776, -119.05586

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hines Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Topatopa Bluff: 3.0 mi
  • Santa Paula Peak: 4.2 mi
  • Sisar Peak: 4.9 mi
  • Topatopa Peak: 5.2 mi
Parks
  • Steckel Park: 5.5 mi
  • Toland Park: 7.5 mi
  • Sespe Condor Sanctuary: 7.5 mi
  • Forrest Island Park: 7.9 mi
  • Kenney Grove Park: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves
Springs: 33
  • Wilsie Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Kerr Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Willet Hot Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Sespe Hot Springs: 8.0 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 9.5 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Saint Francis Dam Disaster Memorial: 9.1 mi
  • Junipero Serra: 19.6 mi
  • Mission Cross: 19.6 mi
  • Cannon: 19.7 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 19.9 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Water Conservation Mural: 12.9 mi
  • Mermaid with Bike: 13.0 mi
  • Golden Lion Mural: 13.1 mi
  • VC: 17.3 mi
  • Coastal Conversion: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Little Beach: 19.8 mi
  • Big Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Surfer's Knoll: 20.9 mi
  • Faria Beach: 22.4 mi
  • Rincon Beach: 22.4 mi
Attractions: 11
  • The Sunburst Railbikes: 9.1 mi
  • Hartley Botanica: 16.2 mi
  • Modern Art: 19.3 mi
  • San Buenaventura City Hall: 19.6 mi
  • Underwood Family Farms: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 7.9 mi
  • Area 2: 17.3 mi
  • Frenchmans Flat: 19.8 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 20.4 mi
  • Spanish Point: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Jackson Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 2.3 mi
  • Rose Valley Falls: 7.6 mi
  • 33 Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Paradise Falls: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of White Swift Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frazier MountainNNE 14°2,442 m20.5 mi
Reyes PeakNW 308°2,284 m16.2 mi
Haddock MountainNW 312°2,265 m14.1 mi
Alamo MountainNNE 24°2,248 m13.6 mi
Peak 7047NNE 26°2,148 m11.7 mi
Thorn PointNNW 333°2,092 m9.2 mi
McDonald PeakNNE 33°2,090 m12.0 mi
Sewart MountainNE 39°2,076 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:08
June solstice05:4519:3620:13
September equinox06:4518:2118:54
December solstice07:0016:1216:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505154586266727270635549
Precip in5.15.23.41.10.50.10.10.00.10.81.32.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ojai, 10 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs54.979.767.633.813.97.95.03.33.13.67.014.9

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Santa Paula C NR Santa Paula, 5 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/10197614872

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