Upper Cherry Creek Falls
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. Cascade Loop passes 5.9 miles off.
The story
Tributary to the Snoqualmie River in King County, Washington, United States.
Wikidata Q49878063, matched on coordinates and name (511 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 8 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 5.9 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- 17.1 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
- 25.1 mi off the MUKILTEO TO CLINTON
Overlooks nearby
- Sultan River Vista · 7 mi
- Side Channel Vista · 7 mi
- Skykomish River Viewpoint · 8 mi
- View of railroad bridge · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Ozimandias Falls: 1.3 mi
- Cherry Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
- Small Waterfall: 2.0 mi
- Youngs Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Marckworth Falls: 2.9 mi
- 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
- Axelilia: 5.2 mi
- Sounding: 7.2 mi
- Blinkie: 9.2 mi
- The Red Goblet: 9.3 mi
- Circle the Roundabout: 13.3 mi
- Kokopelli Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Duvall Food Forest: 7.1 mi
- Sultan Materials: 7.4 mi
- Julia V. Morris Centennial Garden: 8.8 mi
- Sunrise Cremation Garden: 13.9 mi
- 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
- Old Car: 2.4 mi
- E2: 7.2 mi
- Carnation Condensery Smokestack: 8.7 mi
- Historic Town of Tolt: 9.3 mi
- Housing Hope Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Moss Lake Natural Area: 5.1 mi
- Arborwood Open Space: 6.7 mi
- Old Duvall Water Tank Site: 6.8 mi
- 4th Avenue Open Space: 6.8 mi
- Stillwater Natural Area: 7.6 mi
- Camlann Medieval Village: 6.3 mi
- Monroe Historical Society: 8.7 mi
- DeYoung House: 14.7 mi
- Blackman Museum: 15.7 mi
- Northwest Railway Museum: 16.5 mi
- Duvall Beach: 7.4 mi
- Normandy Beach: 8.4 mi
- Rosemont Beach: 15.7 mi
- Alexander Beach: 17.4 mi
- Tibbetts Beach: 18.2 mi
- The Clearing: 11.6 mi
- Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Nighthawk Site: 18.1 mi
- Tibbetts Beach Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Bear Creek Site: 18.3 mi
- Lower Town Wall: 12.5 mi
- Index Town Wall: 13.1 mi
- Peanuts Gallery: 13.5 mi
- Moai: 13.5 mi
- Fiddlers Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 22.7 mi
- Licton Springs: 23.9 mi
- Canyon Spring: 24.2 mi
- Garland Mineral Springs: 24.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnshy Peak | ENE 78° | 1,895 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mount Index | E 88° | 1,826 m | 11.9 mi |
| Tailgunner | E 80° | 1,781 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Rudderham | ESE 103° | 1,700 m | 15.2 mi |
| Goat Mountain | SE 128° | 1,696 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mount Phelps | ESE 114° | 1,687 m | 13.7 mi |
| Crosby Mountain | ESE 102° | 1,678 m | 16.2 mi |
| Middle Index | E 86° | 1,674 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:39 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 20:22 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:25 | 16:18 |
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 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 57 | 63 | 63 | 58 | 49 | 41 | 36 |
| Precip in | 13.6 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 10.5 | 14.5 | 11.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tolt S FK Rsvr, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 543 | 439 | 395 | 431 | 421 | 342 | 188 | 109 | 149 | 263 | 503 | 511 |
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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5718551106
Day trips start here
- Monroe · 9 mi
- Redmond · 15 mi
- Woodinville · 15 mi
- Snohomish · 16 mi
- Snoqualmie · 16 mi
- Bothell · 17 mi
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