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Tin Cup Joe Falls

Tin Cup Joe Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Tin Cup Joe Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 699 m. Big Snow Mountain stands 2,036 m to the east-northeast, 5.9 miles off. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 6.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
141.1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.51322, -121.48858

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Tin Cup Joe Falls: 0.0 mi
  • Lower Tin Cup Joe Falls: 0.1 mi
  • Nine Hour Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Dingford Creek Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Pumpkinseed Creek Falls: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Hyak Sno-Parks: 9.5 mi
  • Dahlgren Family Park: 12.5 mi
  • Tanner Landing Park: 12.6 mi
  • E J Roberts Park: 13.4 mi
  • Torguson Park: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Tubing Park: 8.1 mi
  • Amazonia: 10.1 mi
  • Actual Cave: 10.1 mi
  • Club Paradiso: 10.1 mi
  • Semi Wall: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Spouse Wall: 3.4 mi
  • East Quartz Camp: 4.3 mi
  • West Quartz Camp: 4.3 mi
  • Lower Pratt Climbing Area: 4.7 mi
  • Alpental Cliffs: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 16
Artworks: 15
Ghost towns: 12
Nature reserves: 11
Picnic sites: 9
Museums: 9
  • Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Cedar River Watershed Education Center: 14.7 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 14.8 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 14.8 mi
Hot springs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Canyon Spring: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Sunset Walk Community Garden: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Tin Cup Joe Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Snow MountainENE 75°2,036 m5.9 mi
Mount ThomsonESE 115°1,998 m6.6 mi
Snoqualmie Mountain EastSE 137°1,914.57 m5.1 mi
Snoqualmie MountainSE 138°1,913.5 m5.0 mi
Kaleetan PeakS 172°1,907.7 m3.5 mi
Chair PeakSSE 165°1,902 m3.8 mi
Snow DomeSE 135°1,886.7 m5.2 mi
Lundin PeakSE 130°1,846 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3819:19
June solstice05:0920:1921:08
September equinox06:5318:2519:06
December solstice07:5215:2516:18

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363739445055616156484035
Precip in13.09.210.69.26.65.62.12.44.89.714.612.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedar Lake, 14 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,5861,2641,1541,3481,8471,7538733714409311,7251,570

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Near Tanner, WA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4044963214

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