Preston Falls
Preston Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 570 m. Cardinal Peak stands 2,608 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is McCrea Falls, a waterfall 1.9 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 570 m
How to reach it
- 14.7 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 16.7 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Peshastin Lookout · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tyee Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Stormy Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Angle Peak: 4.0 mi
- Signal Peak: 4.5 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Stormy Spring: 4.2 mi
- Windy Camp Spring: 4.6 mi
- Baldy Spring No. 2: 5.2 mi
- Baldy Spring No. 1: 5.5 mi
- Handy Spring: 6.7 mi
- Willow Point Park: 11.2 mi
- Old Swim Hole: 12.4 mi
- Manson Bay Park: 12.5 mi
- Roses Lake Public Access: 12.8 mi
- Entiat State Wildlife Area: 13.3 mi
- Leavenworth Ziplines: 13.0 mi
- Earthquake Point: 15.1 mi
- Tunnel Zip Lines: 15.2 mi
- Orion River Rafting: 17.4 mi
- Lake Shores: 18.6 mi
- Minneapolis Beach: 14.6 mi
- Sand Bar: 22.5 mi
- Marble Rock Beach: 22.7 mi
- Hot Sand Beach: 22.9 mi
- Enchantment Beach: 23.0 mi
- Nature's Window Museum of Wildlife: 14.8 mi
- Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center: 16.6 mi
- Entiat Museum: 17.8 mi
- Lake Chelan Historical Society Museum: 19.5 mi
- Nutcracker Museum & Store: 22.6 mi
- Flower Dancing in the Wind: 19.1 mi
- Coyote Leads The Salmon Up The River: 19.4 mi
- Fishing Rights: 19.4 mi
- Miles and Miles of Blues: 19.4 mi
- Heavy Winds: 19.4 mi
- McCrea Falls: 1.9 mi
- Silver Falls: 7.2 mi
- Bridal Falls: 9.7 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 10.8 mi
- Domke Falls: 20.0 mi
- 1945 Lake Chelan School Bus Accident Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Rex (Rogers) Stamp Mill: 13.7 mi
- Lucas Homestead: 16.1 mi
- Dirtyface Lookout: 17.1 mi
- Lady Of The Lake I Pilot House: 19.4 mi
- Ribbon Cliff: 15.2 mi
- Earthquake Point: 15.6 mi
- Number Rock: 18.1 mi
- Upper Castle Rock: 23.5 mi
- Lower Castle Rock: 23.5 mi
- garden = pumpkin patch: 14.0 mi
- leisure = garden: 14.0 mi
- E. Lorene Young Community Garden: 22.3 mi
- Royal Bavarian Kanzlers Rose Garden: 22.6 mi
- Spruce Grove Day Use Area: 11.6 mi
- Swiftwater Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Pioneer Park Picnic Site: 23.3 mi
- Chelan Coulees Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Entiat National Fish Hatchery: 13.6 mi
- Peshastin Pinnacles State Park: 23.9 mi
- Winesap: 13.7 mi
- Nason Creek Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Preston Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Peak | NNW 331° | 2,608 m | 17.4 mi |
| Pyramid Mountain | NNW 335° | 2,518 m | 15.0 mi |
| North Navarre Peak | NNE 16° | 2,433 m | 17.9 mi |
| Duncan Hill | NW 319° | 2,377 m | 15.7 mi |
| Ferry Peak | N 5° | 2,366 m | 17.4 mi |
| Rampart Mountain | NW 308° | 2,345 m | 17.4 mi |
| South Navarre Peak | NNE 16° | 2,342 m | 17.0 mi |
| Uno Peak | N 7° | 2,330 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:34 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 20:16 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:19 | 16:12 |
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 | 28 | 31 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plain, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 116 | 124 | 157 | 362 | 1,126 | 1,333 | 580 | 196 | 105 | 102 | 152 | 141 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Entiat River Near Ardenvoir, WA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12056282545
Day trips start here
- Leavenworth · 23 mi
- Waterville · 23 mi
- Cashmere · 25 mi
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