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Eagle Falls

Eagle Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Eagle Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Gunnshy Peak stands 1,895 m to the northeast, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Canyon Falls, a waterfall 1.1 miles away. Stevens Pass Greenway runs past it.

The story

Eagle Falls is the uppermost waterfall on the South Fork Skykomish River in Washington. The falls are located downstream from the town of Baring and drop about 25 feet in a high volume cascade.

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Wikidata Q38002, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates47.79591, -121.51444

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
Parks
  • Baring Community Park: 2.1 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 2.3 mi
  • Big Eddy River Access: 7.3 mi
  • Reiter Foothills Park: 8.1 mi
  • Wallace Falls State Park Campground: 9.1 mi
Historic sites: 22
Attractions: 20
Cliffs: 14
  • Peanuts Gallery: 2.9 mi
  • Moai: 2.9 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 2.9 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 3.0 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Picnic sites: 9
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
  • Nighthawk Site: 13.2 mi
  • Bear Creek Site: 13.2 mi
  • Group Picnic Shelter: 16.7 mi
  • Camp Brown Day Use Area: 17.4 mi
Museums: 8
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 9.3 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 9.4 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 9.5 mi
  • Camlann Medieval Village: 19.6 mi
  • Monroe Historical Society: 21.5 mi
Artworks: 8
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Hot springs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Normandy Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Duvall Beach: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Eagle Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunnshy PeakNE 54°1,895 m3.1 mi
Spire MountainNE 46°1,893.7 m7.0 mi
Gunn PeakENE 65°1,887 m3.4 mi
Merchant Peak (Northwest)E 84°1,863 m3.9 mi
Baring MountainESE 107°1,858 m3.8 mi
Mount IndexWSW 244°1,826 m3.4 mi
Hubbart PeakNNE 29°1,809.3 m10.6 mi
Townsend MountainE 88°1,809 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3819:19
June solstice05:0820:2021:09
September equinox06:5418:2519:06
December solstice07:5315:2416:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373943485559646560504236
Precip in16.710.611.98.45.04.01.71.94.812.318.114.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baring, 2 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs78.459.053.364.079.865.327.612.222.950.785.873.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge South Fork Tolt River Near Index, WA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/778670271

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