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Middle Copper Falls

Middle Copper Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Middle Copper Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 711 m. Mount Daniel stands 2,427 m to the east-southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Copper Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 6.9 miles off.

What the record says

Height
15 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.61219, -121.31706

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 30
  • Great Northern & Cascade Railway Park: 6.9 mi
  • Skykomish City Ball Park: 7.1 mi
  • Baring Community Park: 13.6 mi
  • Hyak Sno-Parks: 15.7 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Spouse Wall: 10.6 mi
  • East Quartz Camp: 12.0 mi
  • West Quartz Camp: 12.1 mi
  • Osprey Wall: 13.2 mi
  • Alpental Cliffs: 13.3 mi
Historic sites: 13
Attractions: 9
  • Caboose: 10.0 mi
  • Tubing Park: 14.7 mi
  • Amazonia: 20.5 mi
  • Actual Cave: 20.5 mi
  • Club Paradiso: 20.6 mi
Museums: 8
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 6.9 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 7.0 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 7.0 mi
  • Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Artworks: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Normandy Beach: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Middle Copper Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DanielESE 117°2,427 m7.1 mi
Mount DanielESE 117°2,409.1 m7.6 mi
Chimney RockSSE 168°2,355 m7.3 mi
Mount HinmanESE 122°2,283.6 m5.8 mi
Lemah MountainS 175°2,280 m8.4 mi
Overcoat PeakS 170°2,265 m6.9 mi
Summit Chief MountainSSE 160°2,228 m6.5 mi
Dip Top PeakESE 108°2,222.3 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3719:18
June solstice05:0820:1921:07
September equinox06:5318:2419:05
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, 14 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, 7 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/2368802879

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