Palouse Falls
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Palouse Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Beacon Hill stands 571 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gildersleeve Spring, a spring 4.2 miles away. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
The story
Palouse Falls is a waterfall in the northwest United States on the Palouse River, about four miles (6 km) upstream of its confluence with the Snake River in southeast Washington. Within the 94-acre (38 ha) Palouse Falls State Park, the falls are 200 feet (61 m) in height, and consist of an upper fall with a drop around twenty feet (6 m), which lies 1,000 feet (300 m) north-northwest of the main drop, and a lower fall.
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Wikidata Q7128680, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 60 m
How to reach it
51 named places within 25 miles
- Stark Park: 7.4 mi
- Pioneer Park: 7.5 mi
- Bassett Park: 7.5 mi
- Snyder Park: 7.5 mi
- Sunflower Park: 7.7 mi
- Gildersleeve Spring: 4.2 mi
- Hammer Spring: 6.8 mi
- Goldfish Spring: 7.5 mi
- Evans Spring: 7.6 mi
- Bassett Spring: 8.0 mi
- Grange City: 8.1 mi
- Canyon: 8.4 mi
- Riparia: 8.7 mi
- McAdam: 9.7 mi
- Pleasant View: 13.1 mi
- Magee Hill: 12.5 mi
- Monumental Rock: 12.6 mi
- Beacon Hill: 14.1 mi
- Coyote Butte: 15.5 mi
- Black Butte: 18.3 mi
- Washtucna Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- #thatnwbus: 7.7 mi
- Dodge Junction Rest Area: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Palouse Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Hill | ENE 76° | 571 m | 14.1 mi |
| Dodge Hill | ESE 115° | 548 m | 21.7 mi |
| Coyote Butte | NNE 15° | 521 m | 15.5 mi |
| Terksaleeze Butte | N 2° | 512 m | 23.2 mi |
| Magee Hill | E 97° | 494 m | 12.5 mi |
| Black Butte | NE 48° | 450 m | 18.3 mi |
| Monumental Rock | WSW 247° | 216 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:26 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 20:04 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:12 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:17 | 16:08 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lacrosse, 19 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 973 | 1,572 | 1,802 | 1,291 | 623 | 264 | 82.7 | 33.6 | 38.5 | 68.2 | 144 | 408 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Palouse River AT Hooper, WA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/666692178
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