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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. White Pass Scenic Byway passes 20 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: 45
Waterfalls: 35
  • 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: 32
  • 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: 8
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 WowESE1,841 m18.5 mi
SunsetE1,741 m18.1 mi
Gobblers KnobESE1,657 m17.4 mi
Mount BeljicaESE1,630 m16.3 mi
Glacier ViewE1,624 m15.3 mi
Puyallup PointE1,619 m15.6 mi
Poch PeakENE1,556 m17.6 mi
Osborne MountainESE1,540 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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