Lower Lewis River Falls
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Lower Lewis River Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 444 m. Dogs Head Peak stands 2,481 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Falls Day Use Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. White Pass Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
The story
Lower Lewis River Falls is a wide 200ft waterfall with a 43ft height making it one of the more impressive wild waterfalls in the state of Washington….
Wikidata Q111449008, matched on coordinates and name (52 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 13.1 m
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the White Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Loowit Viewpoint · 19 mi
- North Fork Toutle River Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Castle Lake Viewpoint · 22 mi
- Castle Lake Viewpoint Observation Site · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chickoon Creek Falls: 0.4 mi
- Lower Copper Creek Falls: 1.1 mi
- Upper Copper Creek Falls: 1.1 mi
- Middle Lewis River Falls: 1.2 mi
- Upper Lewis River Falls: 2.0 mi
- Hungry Peak: 2.4 mi
- Spencer Butte: 3.0 mi
- Spencer Peak: 3.3 mi
- Pataniks Pushtye: 4.5 mi
- Quartz Creek Butte: 5.2 mi
- Cedar Flats Natural Area: 7.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff Park Recreation Area: 9.1 mi
- Beaver Bay: 19.9 mi
- Guler Mount Adams County Park: 20.0 mi
- Cougar Park: 20.9 mi
- Berry Fields Interpretive Site: 7.1 mi
- Basket Tree Interpretive Site: 8.8 mi
- Lava Canyon Interpretive Site: 9.9 mi
- Moss Spring Observation Site: 10.2 mi
- Lahar Viewpoint Interpretive Site: 10.3 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 0.1 mi
- Smith Creek Interpretive Site: 13.2 mi
- Ice Cave Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Iron Creek Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Coldwater Lake Picnic And Boating Site: 20.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 15.6 mi
- Bear Spring: 16.2 mi
- Kalama Spring: 18.0 mi
- Island Spring: 23.1 mi
- Breezy Point: 2.6 mi
- Eagle Cliffs: 9.0 mi
- Point 3670: 9.4 mi
- Roosevelt Cliff: 19.3 mi
- Suksdorf Ridge: 19.4 mi
- Natural Bridges: 17.1 mi
- Trout Lake Big Tree Interpretive Site: 18.0 mi
- Mount St. Helens Eruption Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Johnston Ridge Observatory: 18.1 mi
- Elk Rock Viewpoint: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Lower Lewis River Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs Head Peak | WNW 283° | 2,481 m | 14.5 mi |
| Lava Dome | WNW 282° | 2,180 m | 15.1 mi |
| Lemei Rock | SSE 148° | 1,806 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NNE 25° | 1,796 m | 13.6 mi |
| McCoy Peak | NNE 12° | 1,785 m | 12.4 mi |
| Jumbo Peak | NNE 27° | 1,768 m | 11.9 mi |
| Craggy Peak | N 8° | 1,745 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bird Mountain | SSE 149° | 1,739 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:17 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:34 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 57 | 61 | 68 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 17.7 | 12.0 | 13.2 | 9.7 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 10.5 | 17.8 | 18.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cougar 6 E, 17 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,293 | 1,177 | 1,196 | 1,287 | 1,246 | 779 | 337 | 192 | 178 | 344 | 1,071 | 1,267 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Muddy River Below Clear Creek Near Cougar, WA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3205583753
Day trips start here
- Mount St. Helens · 16 mi
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