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Florence Falls

Florence Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Florence Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 900 m. Chimney Rock stands 2,355 m to the southeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mile High, a peak 2.0 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 7.6 miles off.

What the record says

Height
43 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.59998, -121.38496

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Great Northern & Cascade Railway Park: 7.6 mi
  • Skykomish City Ball Park: 8.0 mi
  • Baring Community Park: 12.8 mi
  • Hyak Sno-Parks: 14.4 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 16.8 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Caboose: 12.9 mi
  • Tubing Park: 13.3 mi
  • Amazonia: 17.5 mi
  • Actual Cave: 17.5 mi
  • Club Paradiso: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Spouse Wall: 7.4 mi
  • East Quartz Camp: 8.8 mi
  • West Quartz Camp: 8.8 mi
  • Lower Pratt Climbing Area: 10.2 mi
  • Alpental Cliffs: 11.4 mi
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 8
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 7.6 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 7.6 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 7.6 mi
  • Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Artworks: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Canyon Spring: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Normandy Beach: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Florence Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chimney RockSE 144°2,355 m7.8 mi
Mount HinmanESE 105°2,283.6 m8.3 mi
Lemah MountainSSE 153°2,280 m8.5 mi
Overcoat PeakSE 144°2,265 m7.3 mi
Summit Chief MountainSE 134°2,228 m7.6 mi
Little Big Chief MountainSE 129°2,202 m7.7 mi
Bears Breast MountainESE 119°2,194 m8.5 mi
Middle Chief PeakSE 132°2,170 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3819:18
June solstice05:0920:1921:08
September equinox06:5318:2519:05
December solstice07:5215:2416:17

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, 13 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, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/12907589116

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