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Upper Olney Falls

Upper Olney Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Upper Olney Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Del Campo Peak stands 2,016 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Olney Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Stevens Pass Greenway passes 1.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
8 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.88663, -121.71035

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sky Valley Lions Community Park: 1.9 mi
  • Wallace Falls State Park Campground: 2.0 mi
  • Reiter Foothills Park: 2.9 mi
  • Sky Valley Sportsman's Park: 3.5 mi
  • Big Eddy River Access: 4.2 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Lewis Street River Access: 12.4 mi
  • Gala Events: 12.6 mi
  • Cut Log: 14.5 mi
  • Monte Cristo: 16.2 mi
  • Goat Farm: 18.3 mi
Artworks
Waterfalls: 59
Historic sites: 35
  • E2: 5.4 mi
  • Old Car: 12.0 mi
  • Carnation Condensery Smokestack: 12.0 mi
  • Bus: 12.8 mi
  • Housing Hope Memorial: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 19
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 9
  • Lower Town Wall: 7.8 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 8.0 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 8.2 mi
  • Moai: 8.2 mi
  • Fiddlers Bluff: 17.6 mi
Museums: 9
  • Monroe Historical Society: 12.2 mi
  • Camlann Medieval Village: 16.4 mi
  • Blackman Museum: 18.0 mi
  • Granite Falls Historical Museum: 18.0 mi
  • Lake Stevens Historical Museum: 18.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Nighthawk Site: 8.0 mi
  • Bear Creek Site: 8.3 mi
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Hemple Creek Day Use Area: 13.3 mi
  • The Clearing: 18.6 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Normandy Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Duvall Beach: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Upper Olney Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Del Campo PeakENE2,016 m13.2 mi
Gunnshy PeakESE1,895 m12.4 mi
Gothic PeakENE1,895 m12.7 mi
Spire MountainE1,894 m14.2 mi
Gunn PeakESE1,887 m13.1 mi
Big Four MountainNE1,880 m13.8 mi
Vesper PeakNE1,871 m12.5 mi
Merchant Peak (Northwest)ESE1,863 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:20
June solstice05:0920:2221:10
September equinox06:5418:2619:06
December solstice07:5415:2416:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414245505660656560524540
Precip in8.95.96.85.94.93.81.51.73.57.19.88.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Startup 1 E, 1 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs20917816019022719490.843.968.3135230231

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wallace River AT Gold Bar, WA, 2 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/7094202722

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