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Kanim Falls

Kanim Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Kanim Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1,167 m. Camp Robber Peak stands 1,916 m to the southeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lennox Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 5.8 miles off.

The story

Kanim Falls (200 feet (61 m)) is the major waterfall on the North Fork of the Snoqualmie River. It is located at the outlet of Lake Kanim and is near the source of the North Fork of the Snoqualmie River. The falls were named after Chief Jerry Kanim who was the leader of Snoqualmie people.

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Wikidata Q37975, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Height
85.3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.66185, -121.48447

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
Parks
  • Great Northern & Cascade Railway Park: 6.6 mi
  • Skykomish City Ball Park: 7.2 mi
  • Baring Community Park: 7.6 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 11.0 mi
  • Big Eddy River Access: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Caboose: 15.4 mi
  • Amazonia: 17.7 mi
  • Actual Cave: 17.8 mi
  • Club Paradiso: 17.8 mi
  • Semi Wall: 17.8 mi
Historic sites: 17
Cliffs: 16
  • Spouse Wall: 7.7 mi
  • East Quartz Camp: 8.3 mi
  • West Quartz Camp: 8.4 mi
  • Lower Pratt Climbing Area: 9.7 mi
  • Lower Town Wall: 11.6 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Artworks: 12
Museums: 9
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 6.6 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 6.6 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 6.7 mi
  • Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 17.0 mi
  • Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Group Picnic Shelter: 7.9 mi
  • Camp Brown Day Use Area: 8.5 mi
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Mine Creek: 15.2 mi
  • Olallie State Park South Fork Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Hot springs: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Sultan Materials: 19.8 mi
  • Kokopelli Gardens: 22.5 mi
  • Duvall Food Forest: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Normandy Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Duvall Beach: 24.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Canyon Spring: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Kanim Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Camp Robber PeakSE 131°1,916 m9.5 mi
Malachite PeakESE 111°1,908 m7.2 mi
Silver Eagle PeakESE 112°1,902 m9.7 mi
Baring MountainNNE 16°1,858 m8.4 mi
Mount IndexNNW 330°1,826 m9.0 mi
Lennox MountainNE 53°1,789 m0.7 mi
Merchant Peak (Southeast)NNE 16°1,764 m9.8 mi
Treen PeakS 174°1,757 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3819:19
June solstice05:0920:2021:08
September equinox06:5318:2519:06
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–Feb, Apr–Jun — fullest in Nov, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs78.459.053.364.079.865.327.612.222.950.785.873.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge South Fork Tolt River Near Index, WA, 6 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/4214538166

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