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Upper Wallace Falls

Upper Wallace Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Upper Wallace Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 465 m. Del Campo Peak stands 2,016 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Wallace Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Stevens Pass Greenway passes 2.5 miles off.

What the record says

Height
73.2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.87523, -121.64597

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Parks
  • Reiter Foothills Park: 1.0 mi
  • Wallace Falls State Park Campground: 1.6 mi
  • Big Eddy River Access: 2.8 mi
  • Sky Valley Lions Community Park: 4.4 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 6.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 27
Attractions: 26
  • Monte Cristo: 14.0 mi
  • Lewis Street River Access: 15.2 mi
  • Gala Events: 15.3 mi
  • Cut Log: 16.2 mi
  • Goat Farm: 19.4 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Artworks: 12
Cliffs: 9
  • Lower Town Wall: 5.1 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 5.1 mi
  • Moai: 5.3 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 5.3 mi
  • Fiddlers Bluff: 20.6 mi
Museums: 8
  • Monroe Historical Society: 15.0 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 17.5 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 17.6 mi
  • Camlann Medieval Village: 17.6 mi
  • Granite Falls Historical Museum: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Nighthawk Site: 7.3 mi
  • Bear Creek Site: 7.5 mi
  • Hemple Creek Day Use Area: 14.8 mi
  • The Clearing: 21.2 mi
Gardens: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Normandy Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Duvall Beach: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Hot springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Upper Wallace Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Del Campo PeakNE2,016 m11.4 mi
Gunnshy PeakESE1,895 m9.3 mi
Gothic PeakNE1,895 m10.8 mi
Spire MountainE1,894 m11.1 mi
Gunn PeakESE1,887 m10.0 mi
Vesper PeakNNE1,871 m11.2 mi
Merchant Peak (Northwest)ESE1,863 m11.2 mi
Baring MountainSE1,858 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:19
June solstice05:0820:2121:10
September equinox06:5418:2519:06
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, 3 mi away.

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/430556042

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