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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. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN 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: 45
  • E2: 5.4 mi
  • Old Car: 12.0 mi
  • George Hett Shearer: 12.0 mi
  • Carnation Condensery Smokestack: 12.0 mi
  • Bus: 12.8 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 11
  • Lower Town Wall: 7.8 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 8.0 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 8.1 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 8.2 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • 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
  • Site #1: 14.0 mi
Museums: 10
  • 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
Beaches: 2
  • Normandy Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Duvall Beach: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
Rest areas: 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 PeakENE 57°2,016 m13.2 mi
Gunnshy PeakESE 111°1,895 m12.4 mi
Gothic PeakENE 58°1,895 m12.7 mi
Spire MountainE 96°1,893.7 m14.2 mi
Gunn PeakESE 112°1,887 m13.1 mi
Big Four MountainNE 39°1,880 m13.8 mi
Vesper PeakNE 45°1,871 m12.5 mi
Merchant Peak (Northwest)ESE 114°1,863 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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