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Olney Falls

Olney Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Olney Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Del Campo Peak stands 2,016 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Olney Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 0.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
18 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.87842, -121.71787

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sky Valley Lions Community Park: 1.3 mi
  • Wallace Falls State Park Campground: 2.0 mi
  • Reiter Foothills Park: 3.0 mi
  • Sky Valley Sportsman's Park: 3.7 mi
  • Big Eddy River Access: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Lewis Street River Access: 11.9 mi
  • Gala Events: 12.1 mi
  • Cut Log: 15.0 mi
  • Monte Cristo: 16.7 mi
  • Goat Farm: 17.7 mi
Artworks
Waterfalls: 59
Historic sites: 48
  • E2: 5.0 mi
  • Old Car: 11.3 mi
  • George Hett Shearer: 11.6 mi
  • Carnation Condensery Smokestack: 11.6 mi
  • Housing Hope Memorial: 13.0 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Gardens: 20
Cliffs: 11
  • Lower Town Wall: 7.8 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 8.0 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 8.1 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 8.2 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 8.3 mi
Museums: 11
  • Monroe Historical Society: 11.7 mi
  • Camlann Medieval Village: 15.7 mi
  • Blackman Museum: 17.7 mi
  • Granite Falls Historical Museum: 18.2 mi
  • Lake Stevens Historical Museum: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Nighthawk Site: 8.7 mi
  • Bear Creek Site: 8.9 mi
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Site #1: 13.6 mi
  • Site #2: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Olney Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Del Campo PeakNE 56°2,016 m13.8 mi
Gunnshy PeakESE 108°1,895 m12.6 mi
Gothic PeakENE 57°1,895 m13.3 mi
Spire MountainE 93°1,893.7 m14.5 mi
Gunn PeakESE 109°1,887 m13.2 mi
Big Four MountainNE 38°1,880 m14.4 mi
Vesper PeakNE 45°1,871 m13.1 mi
Merchant Peak (Northwest)ESE 112°1,863 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:3919:20
June solstice05:0920:2221:10
September equinox06:5418:2619:06
December solstice07:5415:2416:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414245505660656560524540
Precip in8.95.96.85.94.93.81.51.73.57.19.88.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Startup 1 E, under a mile away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs20917816019022719490.843.968.3135230231

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wallace River AT Gold Bar, 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/409152644

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