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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. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 5.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
25 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.76780, -121.87698

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Old Car: 0.7 mi
  • George Hett Shearer: 7.4 mi
  • Carnation Condensery Smokestack: 7.5 mi
  • E2: 7.6 mi
  • Housing Hope Memorial: 7.9 mi
Peaks
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
Waterfalls: 54
Museums: 51
  • 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: 40
Beaches: 29
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #1: 9.0 mi
  • Site #2: 9.0 mi
  • The Clearing: 9.7 mi
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Tibbetts Beach Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Fiddlers Bluff: 12.3 mi
  • Lower Town Wall: 14.3 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 14.9 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 15.2 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 15.3 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Licton Springs: 22.0 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Cherry Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount IndexE 88°1,826 m13.8 mi
Mount RudderhamESE 102°1,700 m17.1 mi
Goat MountainSE 125°1,696 m18.6 mi
Mount PhelpsESE 111°1,687 m15.5 mi
Crosby MountainE 101°1,678 m18.1 mi
Middle IndexE 86°1,674 m13.8 mi
Mount PersisE 83°1,665 m12.4 mi
Red MountainESE 103°1,660 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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