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Dry Falls Interpretive Center

Dry Falls Interpretive Center from directly overhead

Dry Falls Interpretive Center is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 483 m. Jack Woods Butte stands 857 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Umatilla Rock, a peak 0.7 miles away. JCT SR 395 VIC MESA TO JCT SR 97 VIC BREWSTER runs past it. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.60649, -119.36466

Overlooks nearby

Around it

62 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 24
Parks: 21
  • Coulee City Community Park: 3.4 mi
  • Blue Lake Public Access: 5.2 mi
  • Billy Clapp Lake Park: 7.9 mi
  • Stratford Wildlife Recreation Area: 9.1 mi
  • Grimes Lake Public Access: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Summer Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Dutch Henry Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Wilson Creek Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Reiser Falls: 24.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Delany Springs: 1.3 mi
  • Deadman Springs: 7.1 mi
  • Badger Spring: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Dry Falls: 0.8 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Water Wars: 1.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Calling the Healing Sundial: 15.9 mi
Museums: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Ephrata Community Garden: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Northrup Point Day-use Area: 22.2 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • James L. Friend Memorial Fire Engine: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dry Falls Interpretive Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jack Woods ButteNE 53°857 m24.9 mi
Steamboat ButteNNE 15°771 m24.3 mi
Lone ButteNW 310°770 m22.5 mi
Gilbert ButteNW 326°763 m2.8 mi
Burke HillNW 309°762 m20.7 mi
Tower RockN 359°719 m23.5 mi
Chester ButteNW 320°712 m12.2 mi
Hook HillsNNW 338°712 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3019:10
June solstice05:0020:1121:00
September equinox06:4518:1618:57
December solstice07:4415:1616:09

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283340485763727162493628
Precip in1.30.71.00.81.10.90.60.40.30.91.31.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartline, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/358957023

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