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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
Springs: 32
  • 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
Nature reserves: 31
Artworks: 18
  • Water Conservation Mural: 12.9 mi
  • Mermaid with Bike: 13.0 mi
  • Golden Lion Mural: 13.1 mi
  • Coastal Conversion: 18.4 mi
  • Ventura V: 18.4 mi
Historic sites: 17
  • 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
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 22.1 miles of White Swift Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frazier MountainNNE2,442 m20.5 mi
Reyes PeakNW2,284 m16.2 mi
Haddock MountainNW2,265 m14.1 mi
Alamo MountainNNE2,248 m13.6 mi
Peak 7047NNE2,148 m11.7 mi
Thorn PointNNW2,092 m9.2 mi
McDonald PeakNNE2,090 m12.0 mi
Sewart MountainNE2,076 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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