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Echo Cliffs

Echo Cliffs, seen from above at true elevation

Echo Cliffs is a cliff in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 1,239 m. Columbia Crest stands 4,392 m to the south-southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cataract Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE passes 5.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1239 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.94594, -121.79954

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Cataract Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Alice Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Cress Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Cress Falls: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • 8th Avenue Park: 15.1 mi
  • Mud Mountain Dam Recreation Area: 15.1 mi
  • Coke Oven Handcar Park: 15.6 mi
  • H. R. E. Nelson Park: 16.1 mi
  • Wilkeson Skate Park: 16.2 mi
Historic sites: 27
Cliffs: 23
Artworks: 13
Picnic sites: 11
  • Sunrise Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Paradise Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Group Picnic Site 13: 15.3 mi
  • Upper Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Coffee Cup: 3.9 mi
  • The Trident: 5.0 mi
  • Caboose: 15.9 mi
  • Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars: 15.9 mi
  • Big Cedar: 17.2 mi
Museums: 8
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 4
  • Iron Mike Springs: 13.4 mi
  • Bum Springs: 19.4 mi
  • Log Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Soda Springs: 22.4 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Gardens: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Waterfront: 15.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Echo Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Columbia CrestSSE 164°4,392 m6.7 mi
Mount RainierSSE 163°4,392 m6.8 mi
Liberty CapSSE 169°4,297 m5.8 mi
Saint Andrews RockS 176°3,520 m6.4 mi
Steamboat ProwSSE 148°2,940 m6.0 mi
Mount RuthSE 141°2,635 m6.2 mi
Observation RockS 186°2,508 m3.1 mi
Echo RockS 181°2,394 m2.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4019:20
June solstice05:1320:1921:06
September equinox06:5518:2719:07
December solstice07:5115:3016:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F292830334145535449403227
Precip in17.212.913.28.35.13.81.41.64.411.318.218.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rainier Paradise RS, 11 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Mount Rainier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Dec; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356544835

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