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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. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

What the record says

Height
71 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.59692, -114.47223

112 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 57
  • 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: 15
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: 10
  • 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
Gardens: 1
  • Rose Garden: 1.0 mi
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 ButteSSE 157°2,066 m24.4 mi
SugarloafSSE 161°1,748 m17.5 mi
Berger ButteSW 214°1,430 m14.3 mi
Hub ButteS 182°1,404 m11.5 mi
Hazelton ButteE 98°1,342 m19.4 mi
Skeleton ButteE 94°1,340 m12.2 mi
Wilson ButteNE 45°1,334 m18.5 mi
Notch ButteN 8°1,321 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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