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Rush Creek Falls

Rush Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Rush Creek Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 630 m. Lemei Rock stands 1,806 m to the east-southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is McClellan Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. JCT SR 14 VIC BINGEN TO SKAMANIA COUNTY LINE passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
63.4 m
Getting there

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Coordinates46.05433, -121.91532

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
Parks: 15
  • Eagle Cliff Park Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
  • Cedar Flats Natural Area: 5.9 mi
  • Wind River Natural Area: 15.8 mi
  • Beaver Bay: 17.2 mi
  • Wind River Arboretum: 17.6 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Berry Fields Interpretive Site: 7.4 mi
  • Basket Tree Interpretive Site: 9.9 mi
  • Lahar Viewpoint Interpretive Site: 11.3 mi
  • Lava Canyon Interpretive Site: 11.3 mi
  • Moss Spring Observation Site: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 7
Springs: 6
  • Cold Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Bear Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Cold Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Kalama Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Rock Spring: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Trout Lake Big Tree Interpretive Site: 18.4 mi
  • Great Camas Patch: 23.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges: 13.9 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Mount St. Helens Eruption Memorial: 21.0 mi
Museums: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Home Valley Beach: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Rush Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lemei RockESE 108°1,805.9 m7.9 mi
Craggy PeakN 11°1,745 m14.7 mi
Bird MountainE 99°1,739.2 m6.5 mi
Kirk RockN 7°1,706 m15.1 mi
Snagtooth MountainNNE 18°1,659 m14.6 mi
Steamboat MountainNE 55°1,638.6 m10.5 mi
Gifford PeakSE 133°1,636.2 m7.3 mi
Sawtooth MountainE 81°1,631.6 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4119:20
June solstice05:1720:1721:03
September equinox06:5518:2819:07
December solstice07:4815:3516:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333640465459656559494033
Precip in14.511.39.86.13.32.20.50.82.88.113.815.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carson Fish Hatchery, 13 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,6381,4201,4321,7432,0921,5426753823356281,4881,769

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Lewis River Above Muddy River Near Cougar, WA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5304298117

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