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Spray Falls

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Spray Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1,588 m. Columbia Crest stands 4,392 m to the southeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hessong Rock, a peak 0.6 miles away. JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE passes 3.6 miles off.

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Spray Falls is a waterfall in the Mount Rainier National Park in Pierce County, Washington. The falls are fed by Spray Creek, which is a tributary of the Puyallup River. The falls drop about 354 feet (108 m) into a talus slope in a vailed horsetail form about 100 feet (30 m) wide.

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Wikidata Q28043912, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

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Height: 107.9 m

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Coordinates46.91563, -121.84163

3.6 mi off the JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE
12.2 mi off the JCT SR 7 VIC ELBE TO JCT ENTRANCE MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK
12.2 mi off the JCT SR 7 VIC ELBE TO MT RAINIER NAT PARK BOUNDARY
14.0 mi off the Chinook Scenic Byway, National

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Hessong Rock: 0.6 mi
Mount Pleasant: 0.8 mi
Division Rock: 0.9 mi
Tillicum Point: 1.0 mi
East Fay Peak: 1.2 mi

Waterfalls

Giant Falls: 1.0 mi
Cataract Falls: 2.3 mi
Cataract Falls: 2.3 mi
Ipsut Falls: 3.8 mi
Alice Falls: 4.0 mi

Parks

8th Avenue Park: 15.1 mi
Coke Oven Handcar Park: 15.9 mi
H. R. E. Nelson Park: 16.4 mi
Wilkeson Skate Park: 16.5 mi
Roosevelt Park: 16.6 mi

Historic sites27

Marine Memorial Airplane Crash Monument: 8.3 mi
Stevens-Van Trump Historical Monument: 10.3 mi
Cross-section of 1293 Douglas Fir: 11.5 mi
Old Mineshaft: 15.5 mi
Stephen Tyng Mather Memorial: 15.5 mi

Cliffs25

Eagle Cliff: 0.8 mi
Ptarmigan Ridge: 1.8 mi
Echo Cliffs: 2.9 mi
Jeanette Heights: 3.3 mi
Northern Crags: 3.6 mi

Picnic sites12

Sunrise Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
Paradise Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
Valley View Day Use Area: 17.0 mi
High Point Day Use Area: 17.6 mi
Group Picnic Site 13: 18.0 mi

Artworks12

The Wilkeson Way to Carbon Glacier: 16.3 mi
Bacon and Eggs: 16.5 mi
Wheel: 17.8 mi
Recycled Spirit of Iron: 17.8 mi
The Great Outdoors: 20.5 mi

Attractions9

Coffee Cup: 5.0 mi
The Trident: 6.1 mi
Caboose: 16.1 mi
Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars: 16.2 mi
Big Cedar: 17.3 mi

Museums9

Longmire Museum: 11.5 mi
Transportation Exhibit: 11.5 mi
Foothills Historical Society: 19.3 mi
Stage Stop Museum: 20.4 mi
Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum: 20.4 mi

Ghost towns5

Fairfax: 10.5 mi
Melmont: 12.0 mi
Osceola: 21.4 mi
Nagrom: 24.2 mi
Hot Springs: 24.3 mi

Nature reserves5

Middle Boise Creek Natural Area: 20.1 mi
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park: 20.3 mi
Stonequarry Creek Natural Area: 23.2 mi
Fell Hill Park: 23.3 mi
Morse Wildlife Preserve: 24.4 mi

Springs4

Iron Mike Springs: 11.3 mi
Bum Springs: 18.3 mi
Log Spring: 21.3 mi
Soda Springs: 22.3 mi

Gardens3

Jean Caithness Greenlees Grove: 17.7 mi
Goodwill Garden: 21.0 mi
Discovery Park Gardens: 22.0 mi

Beaches1

Waterfront: 15.7 mi

Hot springs1

Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 18.1 mi

Rest areas1

Elbe Rest Area: 19.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Spray Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Columbia Crest	SE 138°	4,392 m	5.8 mi
Mount Rainier	SE 138°	4,392 m	5.9 mi
Point Success	SE 144°	4,302 m	6.0 mi
Liberty Cap	SE 139°	4,297 m	4.8 mi
Gibraltar Rock	SE 137°	3,863 m	6.6 mi
Tahoma Cleaver	SSE 152°	3,533 m	5.7 mi
Saint Andrews Rock	SSE 150°	3,520 m	5.0 mi
Steamboat Prow	ESE 120°	2,940 m	6.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:11	18:40	19:20
June solstice	05:13	20:19	21:06
September equinox	06:55	18:27	19:07
December solstice	07:51	15:30	16:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	29	28	30	33	41	45	53	54	49	40	32	27
Precip in	17.2	12.9	13.2	8.3	5.1	3.8	1.4	1.6	4.4	11.3	18.2	18.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rainier Paradise RS, 10 mi away.

Streamflow

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean cfs	562	456	392	439	636	760	666	538	399	395	587	597

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Puyallup River Near Electron, WA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Mount Rainier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Dec; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/1901215176

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