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Engle Falls

Engle Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Engle Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 801 m. Mount Hinman stands 2,284 m to the southeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Immigration Falls, a waterfall 1.7 miles away. Stevens Pass Greenway passes 3.5 miles off.

What the record says

Height
149 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.66067, -121.36374

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 38
  • Great Northern & Cascade Railway Park: 3.3 mi
  • Skykomish City Ball Park: 3.6 mi
  • Baring Community Park: 9.6 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 13.8 mi
  • Big Eddy River Access: 18.3 mi
Historic sites: 14
Cliffs: 13
  • Spouse Wall: 10.6 mi
  • East Quartz Camp: 11.8 mi
  • West Quartz Camp: 11.8 mi
  • Lower Pratt Climbing Area: 13.2 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Caboose: 10.0 mi
  • Tubing Park: 17.5 mi
  • Amazonia: 21.1 mi
  • Actual Cave: 21.1 mi
  • Club Paradiso: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Group Picnic Shelter: 11.0 mi
  • Camp Brown Day Use Area: 11.6 mi
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Rockdale Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
  • Mine Creek: 18.8 mi
Museums: 6
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 3.3 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 3.3 mi
  • Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 16.7 mi
  • Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum: 22.9 mi
  • Northwest Railway Museum, Train Hall: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Artworks: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Hot springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Normandy Beach: 21.0 mi
Springs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Sultan Materials: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Engle Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HinmanSE2,284 m9.5 mi
Brown Sugar PeakSE2,086 m8.6 mi
Big Snow MountainS2,036 m8.7 mi
La Bohn PeakSE2,007 m8.6 mi
Otter PointSE1,939 m7.2 mi
Terrace MountainESE1,939 m8.2 mi
Iron Cap MountainSSE1,935 m8.2 mi
Wild Goat PeakS1,923 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3819:18
June solstice05:0820:1921:08
September equinox06:5318:2419:05
December solstice07:5215:2416:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 10 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,6131,3981,5341,6892,9812,3278263172679881,9441,929

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge South Fork Skykomish River AT Skykomish, WA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5539530283

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