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Immigration Falls

Immigration Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Immigration Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 477 m. Big Snow Mountain stands 2,036 m to the south, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Borderline Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 3.4 miles off.

What the record says

Height
6.1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.66531, -121.40017

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
Parks
  • Great Northern & Cascade Railway Park: 3.5 mi
  • Skykomish City Ball Park: 4.1 mi
  • Baring Community Park: 8.4 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 12.6 mi
  • Big Eddy River Access: 16.9 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Caboose: 11.5 mi
  • Tubing Park: 17.7 mi
  • Amazonia: 20.2 mi
  • Actual Cave: 20.2 mi
  • Club Paradiso: 20.2 mi
Historic sites: 17
Cliffs: 15
  • Spouse Wall: 9.7 mi
  • East Quartz Camp: 10.8 mi
  • West Quartz Camp: 10.8 mi
  • Lower Pratt Climbing Area: 12.2 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 13.3 mi
Museums: 9
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 3.5 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 3.5 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 3.5 mi
  • Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 16.9 mi
  • Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Group Picnic Shelter: 10.1 mi
  • Camp Brown Day Use Area: 10.7 mi
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Mine Creek: 17.8 mi
  • Rockdale Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Artworks: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Hot springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Normandy Beach: 19.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Sultan Materials: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Immigration Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Snow MountainS 170°2,036 m9.2 mi
Otter PointSE 135°1,939 m8.6 mi
Iron Cap MountainSE 145°1,935 m9.4 mi
Wild Goat PeakSSE 159°1,923 m8.4 mi
Camp Robber PeakSSE 154°1,916 m7.2 mi
Malachite PeakSE 136°1,908 m4.0 mi
Tourmaline PeakSSE 153°1,903 m8.0 mi
Silver Eagle PeakSE 128°1,902 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3819:18
June solstice05:0820:2021:08
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, 8 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/12907616035

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