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North Fork Sauk Falls

North Fork Sauk Falls, seen from above at true elevation

North Fork Sauk Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 450 m. Sloan Peak stands 2,388 m to the south-southeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower North Fork Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 21 miles off.

What the record says

Height
17.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.09752, -121.36942

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 39
Parks: 21
  • White Chuck Overlook Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Backman County Park: 13.3 mi
  • Depot Park: 15.0 mi
  • Old School Park: 15.2 mi
  • Harold Engles Park: 15.3 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Hotel Fireplace Remains: 7.0 mi
  • Lodge: 7.8 mi
  • Ore Concentrator: 7.9 mi
  • Mackinaw Shelter: 9.3 mi
  • Bus: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Grassy Point: 13.2 mi
  • Moai: 20.7 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 20.8 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 20.8 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Attractions: 2
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Normandy Beach: 23.0 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Sultan Materials: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of North Fork Sauk Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sloan PeakSSE 161°2,388 m4.1 mi
Kyes PeakS 170°2,220 m9.3 mi
Mount PughN 356°2,195 m3.2 mi
Cadet PeakS 173°2,191 m7.8 mi
North Cadet PeakS 173°2,182 m7.5 mi
Columbia PeakS 178°2,175 m9.4 mi
Monte Cristo PeakS 172°2,140 m8.8 mi
White Chuck MountainNNW 344°2,130.2 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3719:18
June solstice05:0620:2121:10
September equinox06:5318:2419:05
December solstice07:5415:2116:15

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353842485660666660494035
Precip in12.88.69.35.63.72.91.31.73.48.513.212.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Darrington RS, 16 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul, Nov–Dec — fullest in Jun, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,0588958091,0851,8872,1111,3225544558291,2891,212

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Sauk River AB White Chuck River NR Darrington, WA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3778716624

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