Clear Creek Falls
Clear Creek Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1,252 m. Gilbert Peak stands 2,494 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Spiral Butte, a peak 0.6 miles away. JCT KOSMOS RD VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 410 VIC NACHES runs past it.
What the record says
- Height
- 69.5 m
How to reach it
- On the JCT KOSMOS RD VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 410 VIC NACHES
- On the JCT SR 5 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 410 VIC NACHES
- On the White Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 10.9 mi off the JCT SR 12 OHANAPECOSH JCT VIC WHITE PASS TO JCT SR 410 VIC CHINOOK PASS
Overlooks nearby
- Clear Creek Falls Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Clear Creek Overlook Interpretive Site · 1 mi
- Palisades Viewpoint · 10 mi
- Tieton Dam · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spiral Butte: 0.6 mi
- Twin Peaks: 1.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Cramer Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Pigtail Peak: 2.8 mi
- Laval Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
- Fish Ladder Falls: 8.4 mi
- South Fork Falls: 10.2 mi
- Grant Purcell Falls: 11.3 mi
- Great Falls: 11.5 mi
- Blue Slide: 9.0 mi
- Palisades: 9.7 mi
- Wildcat Post Piles: 9.8 mi
- Coal Creek Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Lava Point: 10.9 mi
- Indian Spring: 2.7 mi
- Hidden Spring: 5.9 mi
- Soda Springs: 7.1 mi
- Log Spring: 8.0 mi
- Bum Springs: 14.8 mi
- White Pass Day Use: 1.7 mi
- Clear Lake Day Use Area: 3.6 mi
- Wild Rose Day Use Area: 14.4 mi
- Paradise Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Sunrise Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Historic Packwood Station: 15.4 mi
- White Pass Country Historical Museum: 15.6 mi
- Longmire Museum: 22.8 mi
- Transportation Exhibit: 22.8 mi
- Packwood Cowlitz River Public Access Point: 15.7 mi
- Jim Sprick Community Park: 23.3 mi
- Boulder Cave Day Use Area: 24.6 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Stevens-Van Trump Historical Monument: 19.7 mi
- Cross-section of 1293 Douglas Fir: 22.8 mi
- Big Cedar: 12.1 mi
- The Trident: 24.2 mi
- Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 11.5 mi
- Bevin Lake Rest Area: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Clear Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Peak | SSW 193° | 2,494 m | 11.9 mi |
| Goat Citadel | SSW 196° | 2,439 m | 11.8 mi |
| Big Horn | SSW 197° | 2,438 m | 11.8 mi |
| Ives Peak | SSW 203° | 2,414 m | 11.6 mi |
| Old Snowy Mountain | SSW 206° | 2,408 m | 11.1 mi |
| Tieton Peak | SSW 192° | 2,367.7 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Aix | NNE 25° | 2,367 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bismarck Peak | NNE 26° | 2,311.9 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:38 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:16 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:29 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 37 |
| Precip in | 8.9 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 9.4 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Packwood, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/830611236
Day trips start here
- Mount Rainier National Park · 23 mi
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