Sunset Falls
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Sunset Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Gunnshy Peak stands 1,895 m to the east-northeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Canyon Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Stevens Pass Greenway runs past it.
The story
Sunset Falls is the final of the three waterfalls on the South Fork Skykomish River. The falls drop 104 feet (32 m) in a long, narrow, powerful chute. The river is thought to attain speeds of 60 kilometres (37 mi) an hour and the chute is nearly 300 feet (91 m) long. In high water, because of several potholes in the falls, water can sometimes shoot out as much as 30 feet.
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Wikidata Q37999, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 31.7 m
How to reach it
- On the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- On the JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN
- On the Cascade Loop, National
- 21.8 mi off the JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND
Overlooks nearby
- Bridal Veil Falls Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Canyon Falls Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls viewpoint · 1 mi
- Valley Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Canyon Falls: 0.7 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls-Lower East Cascade: 1.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls-Mine Cascade: 1.4 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls-Upper Cascade: 1.6 mi
- Logjam Falls: 1.6 mi
- Heybrook Ridge Park: 0.8 mi
- Baring Community Park: 3.6 mi
- Big Eddy River Access: 5.6 mi
- Reiter Foothills Park: 6.5 mi
- Wallace Falls State Park Campground: 7.4 mi
- Heybrook Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Philadelphia Mountain: 1.7 mi
- North Index: 2.1 mi
- Middle Index: 2.3 mi
- Mount Index: 2.5 mi
- Apex Mine Lower Tram Terminal & Mill ruins: 7.3 mi
- Apex Mine Equipment Relics: 7.7 mi
- Bus: 10.0 mi
- Old Skykomish Hotel: 10.9 mi
- E2: 13.6 mi
- Monte Cristo: 14.5 mi
- Caboose: 19.1 mi
- Goat Farm: 19.6 mi
- Gala Events: 19.6 mi
- Lewis Street River Access: 19.8 mi
- South Fork Tolt Reservoir Watershed: 8.3 mi
- Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project: 12.3 mi
- Moss Lake Natural Area: 16.0 mi
- Deception Falls Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Chinook Bend Natural Area: 19.7 mi
- Peanuts Gallery: 1.5 mi
- Index Town Wall: 1.5 mi
- Moai: 1.5 mi
- Index Town Wall: 1.6 mi
- Index Town Wall: 1.6 mi
- Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Nighthawk Site: 12.2 mi
- Bear Creek Site: 12.3 mi
- Group Picnic Shelter: 17.3 mi
- Camp Brown Day Use Area: 17.9 mi
- Skykomish Historical Society: 10.9 mi
- Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 11.0 mi
- Skykomish Historical Society: 11.1 mi
- Camlann Medieval Village: 18.4 mi
- Monroe Historical Society: 19.8 mi
- Sultan Materials: 11.6 mi
- Kokopelli Gardens: 19.6 mi
- Julia V. Morris Centennial Garden: 20.2 mi
- Duvall Food Forest: 20.6 mi
- Monte Cristo: 14.4 mi
- Alpine: 15.8 mi
- Scenic: 19.4 mi
- Wellington: 20.3 mi
- Garland Mineral Springs: 11.2 mi
- Scenic Hot Springs: 20.2 mi
- Goldmyer Hot Springs: 23.5 mi
- Normandy Beach: 8.3 mi
- Duvall Beach: 20.9 mi
- Iron Goat Rest Area: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Sunset Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnshy Peak | ENE 73° | 1,895 m | 4.3 mi |
| Spire Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,893.7 m | 7.9 mi |
| Gunn Peak | E 80° | 1,887 m | 4.8 mi |
| Merchant Peak (Northwest) | E 92° | 1,863 m | 5.5 mi |
| Baring Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,858 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Index | SW 215° | 1,826 m | 2.5 mi |
| Hubbart Peak | NE 37° | 1,809.3 m | 11.0 mi |
| Townsend Mountain | E 93° | 1,809 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:21 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:24 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 43 | 48 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 50 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 16.7 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 12.3 | 18.1 | 14.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baring, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Jan, Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 4,350 | 3,656 | 3,476 | 4,461 | 6,735 | 6,498 | 3,308 | 1,269 | 1,270 | 2,820 | 5,160 | 4,829 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Skykomish River Near Gold Bar, WA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/416760924
Day trips start here
- Monroe · 20 mi
- Stevens Pass · 22 mi
- Snoqualmie · 23 mi
- North Bend · 24 mi
- Snohomish · 26 mi
- Granite Falls · 27 mi
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