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Stapley Creek Falls

Stapley Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Stapley Creek Falls is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 636 m. Mount Baker stands 3,287 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cowap Peak, a peak 2.8 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM TO AUSTIN PASS VIC MT BAKER passes 6.6 miles off.

What the record says

Height
50 m

How to reach it

Coordinates49.00831, -121.78194

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 3
  • Liumchen Ecological Reserve: 3.9 mi
  • Silver Lake Park: 13.4 mi
  • Maple Creek Park: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Parks: 3
  • Huntingdon Park: 21.7 mi
  • Deming Homestead Eagle Park: 22.3 mi
  • Josh VanderYacht Park: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Shadow of the Sentinels: 23.6 mi
  • Farmville: 24.2 mi
  • School Area: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 2
Museums: 1
  • Black Mountain Forestry Center: 13.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Baker Hot Springs: 17.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Magical Garden: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Stapley Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BakerS 185°3,287 m16.1 mi
Lahar LookoutS 185°3,069 m16.4 mi
Mount ShuksanSSE 146°2,784 m14.7 mi
Nooksack TowerSE 143°2,530 m14.8 mi
American Border PeakE 99°2,436.6 m5.4 mi
The HourglassSSE 149°2,419 m14.9 mi
Mount LarrabeeESE 108°2,396 m6.4 mi
Canadian Border PeakE 93°2,291 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:3819:20
June solstice05:0420:2621:16
September equinox06:5418:2519:07
December solstice08:5916:1717:13

Local time (America/Vancouver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333640465357636358483934
Precip in15.38.810.46.74.53.31.81.94.810.516.014.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upper Baker DAM, 25 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5674764305741,1491,5191,283785586682823669

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Nooksack River BL Cascade Creek NR Glacier, WA, 8 mi 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/12116031825

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