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Upper Cherry Creek Falls

Upper Cherry Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Upper Cherry Creek Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 245 m. Gunnshy Peak stands 1,895 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Platts Lookout, a peak 1.0 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 5.9 miles off.

About

The story

tributary to the Snoqualmie River in King County, Washington, United States

Wikidata Q49878063, matched on coordinates and name (511 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Height
8 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.76766, -121.83580

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Platts Lookout: 1.0 mi
  • Elwell: 1.2 mi
  • Ten-Four Mountain: 6.4 mi
  • High Rock: 7.1 mi
  • Novelty Hill: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls
Historic sites
  • Old Car: 2.4 mi
  • E2: 7.2 mi
  • George Hett Shearer: 8.6 mi
  • Carnation Condensery Smokestack: 8.7 mi
  • Historic Town of Tolt: 9.3 mi
Parks
  • Lake Margaret Boat Launch: 3.1 mi
  • Lake Marcel Private Community Park: 6.2 mi
  • Tolt River Natural Area: 6.2 mi
  • Hix Park: 6.3 mi
  • Taylor's Ridge Tot Lot: 6.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Gala Events: 7.6 mi
  • Lewis Street River Access: 8.3 mi
  • Goat Farm: 8.3 mi
  • Segis Pietertje Prospect: 8.3 mi
  • Vintage Big Carousel: 9.3 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Museums: 30
Picnic sites: 21
  • Site #1: 10.4 mi
  • Site #2: 10.4 mi
  • The Clearing: 11.6 mi
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Nighthawk Site: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 15
  • Lower Town Wall: 12.5 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 13.1 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 13.3 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 13.4 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 13.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Licton Springs: 23.9 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Upper Cherry Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunnshy PeakENE 78°1,895 m17.8 mi
Mount IndexE 88°1,826 m11.9 mi
TailgunnerE 80°1,781 m17.9 mi
Mount RudderhamESE 103°1,700 m15.2 mi
Goat MountainSE 128°1,696 m17.0 mi
Mount PhelpsESE 114°1,687 m13.7 mi
Crosby MountainESE 102°1,678 m16.2 mi
Middle IndexE 86°1,674 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:3919:20
June solstice05:1020:2221:10
September equinox06:5518:2619:07
December solstice07:5415:2516:18

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373840455257636358494136
Precip in13.69.211.59.76.96.12.52.45.610.514.511.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tolt S FK Rsvr, 8 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs543439395431421342188109149263503511

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North Fork Tolt River Near Carnation, WA, 4 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/5718551106

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