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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

Overlooks nearby

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: 13
  • 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
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
Museums: 8
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 3.5 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 3.5 mi
  • Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 16.9 mi
  • Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum: 21.7 mi
  • Northwest Railway Museum, Train Hall: 21.9 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 9.5 miles of Immigration Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Snow MountainS2,036 m9.2 mi
Otter PointSE1,939 m8.6 mi
Iron Cap MountainSE1,935 m9.4 mi
Wild Goat PeakSSE1,923 m8.4 mi
Camp Robber PeakSSE1,916 m7.2 mi
Malachite PeakSE1,908 m4.0 mi
Tourmaline PeakSSE1,903 m8.0 mi
Silver Eagle PeakSE1,902 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 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, 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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