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Alamere Falls

One of the waterfalls of United States.

When to go

AlamereFalls
Renedrivers · CC BY 3.0

In numbers.

Dec–Mar

Best months

13m

Elevation

The water at Alamere Falls, month by month

It roars from December to February.

The fullest months: from December to February. The thinnest: from May to October.

  1. 100%Jan
  2. 96%Feb
  3. 75%Mar
  4. 41%Apr
  5. 16%May
  6. 4%Jun
  7. 1%Jul
  8. 0%Aug
  9. 0%Sep
  10. 7%Oct
  11. 30%Nov
  12. 96%Dec
high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall in Point Reyes National Seashore, California

Alamere Falls is a coastal waterfall in United States. It lies within Point Reyes National Seashore.

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Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Alamere Falls seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Alamere Creek through the falls
0 m50 m100 m150 mAlamere Falls-1.5 km-1 km-0.5 km0← upstreamdownstream →

The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.

Around the falls the river drops 106 m in 1.8 km.

What is around.

  • —viewpoints
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • —car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • 1toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • 3campsitesFive Brooks Horse Camp, Glen Campground, Wildcat Campground
  • —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
  • —restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

  • Bolinas9.8 km in a straight line
  • Lagunitas-Forest Knolls11 km in a straight line
  • Woodacre14 km in a straight line
  • Fairfax17 km in a straight line
  • Sleepy Hollow18 km in a straight line
  • San Anselmo20 km in a straight line
  • Kentfield20 km in a straight line
  • Lucas Valley-Marinwood21 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C131416171922222324221714
Night °C678810111213121197
Rain & snow (mm)10010282421861142962138
Wet days1111106420014812
Sun h/day5.16.37.69.611.513.313.312.010.78.56.44.6

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (13 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Alamere Falls (30187309)
Eric Leung · CC BY 3.0
Alamere Falls (8483487232)
Akos Kokai · CC BY 2.0
Alamere Falls (8483493648)
Akos Kokai · CC BY 2.0

Recent years

Wet years and dry years

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202046%0%50%68%97%30%———1%36%31%
202180%29%47%7%2%10%———613%48%138%
20228%1%24%74%10%95%———2%64%169%
2023247%91%237%14%103%20%———39%56%81%
2024149%138%100%79%115%15%———19%196%96%
202515%158%65%21%19%10%———143%139%78%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Alamere Falls

United States

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Dec–MarBest months

McWay Falls

United States

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Dec–MarBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q37957) · CC0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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