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Explorer Falls

Explorer Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Explorer Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 285 m. Del Campo Peak stands 2,016 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Marsh Creek Falls, a waterfall 4.0 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 8.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
15.25 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.98077, -121.84643

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Lake Roesiger Park: 4.3 mi
  • Dog Float: 4.4 mi
  • Lake Bronson Club: 4.4 mi
  • Sky Valley Sportsman's Park: 5.6 mi
  • Osprey Park: 7.7 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Cut Log: 8.2 mi
  • Granite Falls and Fish Ladder: 9.8 mi
  • Lewis Street River Access: 10.9 mi
  • Gala Events: 11.8 mi
  • Lake Stevens Monster: 12.5 mi
Artworks
  • One choice mural.: 9.0 mi
  • Falls Mural: 9.0 mi
  • Snohomish Rock: 12.2 mi
  • Dogtown Z Board: 16.2 mi
  • Hanging Rock: 16.6 mi
Historic sites: 50
Waterfalls: 39
Nature reserves: 33
  • Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project: 10.8 mi
  • Native Growth Protection Area: 12.7 mi
  • Native Growth Protection Area: 12.8 mi
  • Native Growth Protection Area: 12.8 mi
  • Native Growth Protection Area: 15.7 mi
Gardens: 20
Museums: 14
  • Granite Falls Historical Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Monroe Historical Society: 10.3 mi
  • Lake Stevens Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
  • Blackman Museum: 12.5 mi
  • Imagine Children's Museum: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Fiddlers Bluff: 13.5 mi
  • Lower Town Wall: 16.8 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 16.9 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 17.0 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 17.1 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Lighthouses: 5
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Explorer Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Del Campo PeakE 88°2,016 m17.4 mi
Three FingersNNE 29°1,984 m15.0 mi
Gothic PeakE 89°1,895 m17.1 mi
Big Four MountainENE 74°1,880 m15.5 mi
Vesper PeakE 82°1,871 m15.3 mi
Morning Star PeakE 84°1,834 m16.5 mi
Sperry PeakE 81°1,813 m16.1 mi
Mount BullenNNE 25°1,785 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:3919:20
June solstice05:0920:2221:11
September equinox06:5518:2619:07
December solstice07:5515:2416:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414245505660656560524540
Precip in8.95.96.85.94.93.81.51.73.57.19.88.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Startup 1 E, 10 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs202218237205211164143117170223246189

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Sultan River Below Diversion Dam Near Sultan, WA, 3 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/5809648392

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