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Little Mashel Middle Falls

Little Mashel Middle Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Little Mashel Middle Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Mount Wow stands 1,841 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mashel Lower Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 507 VIC ROY WYE passes 1.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
20 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.84946, -122.27306

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Smallwood Park: 0.8 mi
  • Millpond Park: 0.9 mi
  • Paul Kruger Memorial Field: 1.3 mi
  • Glacier View Park: 1.4 mi
  • Ohop Lake Access Area: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 47
Waterfalls: 38
  • Little Mashel Lower Falls: 0.0 mi
  • Little Mashel Upper Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Deschutes Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Larrupin Falls: 16.9 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Ohop Ridge Christmas Tree Farm: 2.6 mi
  • Mount Rainier Railroad: 7.0 mi
  • Go Kart: 13.5 mi
  • Caboose: 20.6 mi
  • Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 26
Artworks: 22
Museums: 14
  • Stage Stop Museum: 1.0 mi
  • Pioneer Farm Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum: 10.7 mi
  • LeMay Collection at Marymount: 20.1 mi
  • McChord Air Museum: 21.5 mi
Gardens: 14
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 7
  • Pack Forest Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Woodpecker Point Day Use Area: 5.8 mi
  • High Point Day Use Area: 6.7 mi
  • Jenny's Junction Day Use Area: 6.9 mi
  • Eagle Crest Day Use Area: 7.0 mi
Springs: 7
  • Crystal Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 22.0 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Iron Mike Springs: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
  • South Beach: 20.0 mi
  • North Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Waterfront: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Little Mashel Middle Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WowESE 106°1,841 m18.5 mi
SunsetE 84°1,741 m18.1 mi
Gobblers KnobESE 103°1,657 m17.4 mi
Mount BeljicaESE 106°1,630 m16.3 mi
Glacier ViewE 98°1,624 m15.3 mi
Puyallup PointE 93°1,619 m15.6 mi
Poch PeakENE 66°1,556 m17.6 mi
Osborne MountainESE 122°1,540 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1520:2121:08
September equinox06:5718:2919:09
December solstice07:5215:3216:24

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144485459646559504339
Precip in6.14.34.83.93.02.30.90.91.84.17.16.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcmillin Rsvr, 20 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs40737134429421414447.421.032.7103324433

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mashel River Near LA Grande, WA, 2 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/5585499218

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