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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. Stevens Pass Greenway passes 0.9 miles off.

What the record says

Height
18 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.87842, -121.71787

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: 38
  • E2: 5.0 mi
  • Old Car: 11.3 mi
  • Carnation Condensery Smokestack: 11.6 mi
  • Housing Hope Memorial: 13.0 mi
  • Kiwanis Club: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 20
Nature reserves: 18
Museums: 10
  • 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
Cliffs: 9
  • Lower Town Wall: 7.8 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 8.0 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 8.3 mi
  • Moai: 8.3 mi
  • Fiddlers Bluff: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Nighthawk Site: 8.7 mi
  • Bear Creek Site: 8.9 mi
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Hemple Creek Day Use Area: 13.9 mi
  • The Clearing: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Olney Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Del Campo PeakNE2,016 m13.8 mi
Gunnshy PeakESE1,895 m12.6 mi
Gothic PeakENE1,895 m13.3 mi
Spire MountainE1,894 m14.5 mi
Gunn PeakESE1,887 m13.2 mi
Big Four MountainNE1,880 m14.4 mi
Vesper PeakNE1,871 m13.1 mi
Merchant Peak (Northwest)ESE1,863 m14.3 mi

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.

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/409152644

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