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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. The nearest named place is Lower Tin Cup Joe Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. 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
  • 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
  • Raven Falls: 5.0 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: 24
  • Tubing Park: 8.1 mi
  • Amazonia: 10.1 mi
  • Actual Cave: 10.1 mi
  • Club Paradiso: 10.1 mi
  • Semi Wall: 10.2 mi
Historic sites: 16
Cliffs: 15
  • 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
Artworks: 15
Ghost towns: 11
Nature reserves: 11
Picnic sites: 8
Museums: 8
  • 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 MountainENE2,036 m5.9 mi
Mount ThomsonESE1,998 m6.6 mi
Snoqualmie Mountain EastSE1,915 m5.1 mi
Snoqualmie MountainSE1,914 m5.0 mi
Kaleetan PeakS1,908 m3.5 mi
Chair PeakSSE1,902 m3.8 mi
Snow DomeSE1,887 m5.2 mi
Lundin PeakSE1,846 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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