Canyon Falls
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Canyon Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Gunnshy Peak stands 1,895 m to the east-northeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. Stevens Pass Greenway runs past it.
The story
Canyon Falls is the second of the three waterfalls on the South Fork Skykomish River. The falls occur about halfway between Eagle Falls and Sunset Falls. The falls drop about 40 feet in three tiers. The first is a powerful 20-foot plunge in which the relatively calm river suddenly attains chaotic state. The next 2 drops are tumultuous cascades. The river is pretty calm both prior to and after dropping over the falls.
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Wikidata Q14713605, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 12.8 m
How to reach it
- On the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- On the JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN
- On the Cascade Loop, National
- 22.1 mi off the JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND
Overlooks nearby
- Canyon Falls Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls viewpoint · 1 mi
- Valley Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunset Falls: 0.7 mi
- Eagle Falls: 1.1 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls-Lower East Cascade: 1.8 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls-Mine Cascade: 1.9 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls-Upper Cascade: 2.0 mi
- Heybrook Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Philadelphia Mountain: 1.7 mi
- North Index: 2.6 mi
- Middle Index: 2.7 mi
- Mount Index: 2.9 mi
- Heybrook Ridge Park: 1.2 mi
- Baring Community Park: 3.1 mi
- Big Eddy River Access: 6.2 mi
- Reiter Foothills Park: 7.0 mi
- Wallace Falls State Park Campground: 8.0 mi
- Apex Mine Lower Tram Terminal & Mill ruins: 7.1 mi
- Apex Mine Equipment Relics: 7.6 mi
- Bus: 9.7 mi
- Old Skykomish Hotel: 10.4 mi
- Lodge: 14.2 mi
- Monte Cristo: 14.2 mi
- Caboose: 18.5 mi
- Goat Farm: 20.2 mi
- Gala Events: 20.3 mi
- Lewis Street River Access: 20.5 mi
- South Fork Tolt Reservoir Watershed: 8.6 mi
- Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project: 12.5 mi
- Moss Lake Natural Area: 16.6 mi
- Deception Falls Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Chinook Bend Natural Area: 20.3 mi
- Peanuts Gallery: 1.8 mi
- Moai: 1.9 mi
- Index Town Wall: 1.9 mi
- Index Town Wall: 1.9 mi
- Index Town Wall: 2.0 mi
- Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Nighthawk Site: 12.4 mi
- Bear Creek Site: 12.4 mi
- Group Picnic Shelter: 17.2 mi
- Camp Brown Day Use Area: 17.9 mi
- Skykomish Historical Society: 10.4 mi
- Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 10.5 mi
- Skykomish Historical Society: 10.5 mi
- Camlann Medieval Village: 19.0 mi
- Monroe Historical Society: 20.5 mi
- Axelilia: 16.5 mi
- Sounding: 21.4 mi
- The Red Goblet: 21.4 mi
- Soaring Moon: 23.3 mi
- Poet's Path: 23.3 mi
- Sultan Materials: 12.2 mi
- Kokopelli Gardens: 20.3 mi
- Julia V. Morris Centennial Garden: 20.9 mi
- Duvall Food Forest: 21.2 mi
- Monte Cristo: 14.2 mi
- Alpine: 15.2 mi
- Scenic: 18.7 mi
- Wellington: 19.7 mi
- Garland Mineral Springs: 10.7 mi
- Scenic Hot Springs: 19.6 mi
- Goldmyer Hot Springs: 23.3 mi
- Normandy Beach: 8.9 mi
- Duvall Beach: 21.6 mi
- Iron Goat Rest Area: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Canyon Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnshy Peak | ENE 70° | 1,895 m | 3.7 mi |
| Spire Mountain | NE 54° | 1,893.7 m | 7.3 mi |
| Gunn Peak | ENE 78° | 1,887 m | 4.1 mi |
| Merchant Peak (Northwest) | E 92° | 1,863 m | 4.8 mi |
| Baring Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,858 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Index | SW 226° | 1,826 m | 2.9 mi |
| Hubbart Peak | NE 34° | 1,809.3 m | 10.6 mi |
| Townsend Mountain | E 93° | 1,809 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:21 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:24 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 43 | 48 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 50 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 16.7 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 12.3 | 18.1 | 14.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baring, 3 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Jan, Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 4,350 | 3,656 | 3,476 | 4,461 | 6,735 | 6,498 | 3,308 | 1,269 | 1,270 | 2,820 | 5,160 | 4,829 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Skykomish River Near Gold Bar, WA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/416760946
Day trips start here
- Monroe · 21 mi
- Stevens Pass · 21 mi
- Snoqualmie · 23 mi
- North Bend · 24 mi
- King County · 27 mi
- Snohomish · 27 mi
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