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Perrine Coulee Falls

Perrine Coulee Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Perrine Coulee Falls is a waterfall in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 1,049 m. Wooden Shoe Butte stands 2,066 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Waterfront Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

What the record says

Height
71 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.59692, -114.47223

Overlooks nearby

107 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
  • Centennial Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
  • Northern Ridge Park: 1.0 mi
  • Blue Lakes Park: 1.1 mi
  • Frontier Field: 1.2 mi
  • Tom Courtney Conservation Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks: 14
Springs: 14
  • Sugarloaf Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Nat Soo Pah Hot Springs: 17.5 mi
  • Hoops Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Moonshine Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Huja Patezopai’I: 19.6 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Evel Knievel Monument: 0.9 mi
  • IB Perrine Monument: 0.9 mi
  • Twins Statue: 1.0 mi
  • CSI Tower: 1.1 mi
  • Honor Roll: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Evel Knievel Jump Site: 2.5 mi
  • Shoshone Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Jerome County Fairgrounds: 9.4 mi
  • Lincoln County Fairgrounds: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Ritter Island: 21.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Perrine Coulee Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wooden Shoe ButteSSE2,066 m24.4 mi
SugarloafSSE1,748 m17.5 mi
Berger ButteSW1,430 m14.3 mi
Hub ButteS1,404 m11.5 mi
Hazelton ButteE1,342 m19.4 mi
Skeleton ButteE1,340 m12.2 mi
Wilson ButteNE1,334 m18.5 mi
Notch ButteN1,321 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0120:3721:20
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0516:2217:08

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313544495966757364523931
Precip in1.00.80.91.01.20.70.20.30.30.70.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Falls-kmvt, 1 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3,1203,1403,4374,5215,0225,5722,0779761,2622,4713,1603,080

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Snake River NR Twin Falls ID, under a mile 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/7705536105

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