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Cherry Creek Falls

Cherry Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Cherry Creek Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Mount Index stands 1,826 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Car, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 5.8 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Height
25 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.76780, -121.87698

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lake Margaret Boat Launch: 1.2 mi
  • Taylor's Ridge Tot Lot: 4.6 mi
  • Hix Park: 4.6 mi
  • Judd Park: 4.9 mi
  • Fox Hollow Park: 4.9 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
  • Gala Events: 6.1 mi
  • Lewis Street River Access: 7.0 mi
  • Segis Pietertje Prospect: 7.2 mi
  • Goat Farm: 7.7 mi
  • Antique Cars: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 59
Historic sites: 54
  • Old Car: 0.7 mi
  • Carnation Condensery Smokestack: 7.5 mi
  • E2: 7.6 mi
  • Housing Hope Memorial: 7.9 mi
  • Kiwanis Club: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 54
Museums: 49
  • Camlann Medieval Village: 5.6 mi
  • Monroe Historical Society: 7.5 mi
  • DeYoung House: 12.8 mi
  • Blackman Museum: 14.2 mi
  • Kirkland Heritage Society: 16.7 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Beaches: 29
Picnic sites: 17
  • The Clearing: 9.7 mi
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Tibbetts Beach Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 18.2 mi
  • Nighthawk Site: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Fiddlers Bluff: 12.3 mi
  • Lower Town Wall: 14.3 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 14.9 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 15.3 mi
  • Moai: 15.3 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Licton Springs: 22.0 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount IndexE1,826 m13.8 mi
Mount RudderhamESE1,700 m17.1 mi
Goat MountainSE1,696 m18.6 mi
Mount PhelpsESE1,687 m15.5 mi
Crosby MountainE1,678 m18.1 mi
Middle IndexE1,674 m13.8 mi
Mount PersisE1,665 m12.4 mi
Red MountainESE1,660 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4019:20
June solstice05:1020:2221:10
September equinox06:5518:2619:07
December solstice07:5415:2516:18

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384043485458636358504237
Precip in6.54.55.24.33.42.71.21.32.75.07.26.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monroe, 8 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs881742637676666535282177233429780851

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tolt River Near Carnation, WA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2091656803

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