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Spoon Creek Falls

Spoon Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Spoon Creek Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 267 m. Mount Skokomish stands 1,961 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Anderson Butte, a peak 2.1 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 18 miles off.

The story

waterfall in Grays Harbor County, Washington state, United States of America

Wikidata Q105162822, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates47.35335, -123.56517

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 39
  • Truman Glick Memorial Park: 9.2 mi
  • 7400 Road Public River Access: 10.4 mi
  • Quinault Recreation Area: 14.8 mi
  • Division 9 Park: 17.4 mi
  • Division 3 Park: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Maidenhair Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Wynoochee Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Merriman Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Ross Falls: 17.1 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Ring of Fire: 4.0 mi
  • Camp Govey: 11.9 mi
  • Simpson Lookout: 12.6 mi
  • Camp 3: 13.2 mi
  • Nine Inch Spike: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Little Ireland Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Skokomish Park Lake Cushman - Day Use Area: 17.8 mi
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Attractions: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • HOPE Garden: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Spoon Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SkokomishNE 38°1,961 m20.7 mi
Mount WashingtonNE 50°1,906.5 m19.3 mi
Mount PershingNE 46°1,875.7 m19.9 mi
Mount HendersonNE 36°1,829.7 m20.0 mi
Mount EllinorNE 51°1,811.7 m18.4 mi
Mount CruiserNE 39°1,805 m18.7 mi
Muncaster MountainN 7°1,802 m19.8 mi
Point BNE 51°1,766.6 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4719:27
June solstice05:1820:2721:15
September equinox07:0218:3319:14
December solstice07:5915:3416:27

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394043475357626258504338
Precip in21.213.415.19.45.04.12.12.65.713.020.821.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aberdeen 20nne, 10 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs902694557331345327260223306465881960

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7758087628

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