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Sunray Falls

Sunray Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Sunray Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 741 m. Mount Daniel stands 2,427 m to the southeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Shoestring Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 5.6 miles off.

What the record says

Height
120 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.63113, -121.31687

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 30
  • Great Northern & Cascade Railway Park: 5.7 mi
  • Skykomish City Ball Park: 5.8 mi
  • Baring Community Park: 12.6 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 16.8 mi
  • Hyak Sno-Parks: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Spouse Wall: 11.2 mi
  • East Quartz Camp: 12.6 mi
  • West Quartz Camp: 12.6 mi
  • Lower Pratt Climbing Area: 13.9 mi
  • Osprey Wall: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 14
Attractions: 9
  • Caboose: 9.1 mi
  • Tubing Park: 16.0 mi
  • Amazonia: 21.3 mi
  • Actual Cave: 21.3 mi
  • Club Paradiso: 21.3 mi
Museums: 7
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 5.7 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 5.7 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 5.8 mi
  • Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 15.2 mi
  • Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Artworks: 4
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Normandy Beach: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Sunray Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DanielSE 126°2,427 m7.8 mi
Mount DanielSE 125°2,409.1 m8.2 mi
Chimney RockS 170°2,355 m8.5 mi
Mount HinmanSE 132°2,283.6 m6.5 mi
Overcoat PeakS 172°2,265 m8.2 mi
Summit Chief MountainSSE 163°2,228 m7.8 mi
Dip Top PeakESE 118°2,222.3 m7.1 mi
Little Big Chief MountainSSE 158°2,202 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3719:18
June solstice05:0820:1921:08
September equinox06:5318:2419:05
December solstice07:5215:2416:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373943485559646560504236
Precip in16.710.611.98.45.04.01.71.94.812.318.114.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baring, 12 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,6131,3981,5341,6892,9812,3278263172679881,9441,929

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge South Fork Skykomish River AT Skykomish, WA, 6 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/12907802196

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