Walter's Cascade
Walter's Cascade is a waterfall in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,035 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the east-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Buster Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 9.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 10 m
- Width
- 20 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
- 29.8 mi off the Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 11 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 11 mi
- Windy Point · 12 mi
- Geology Vista · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buster Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Table Tooth: 1.2 mi
- Table Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Bighorn Mountain: 1.6 mi
- The Cleaver: 2.0 mi
- Buster Spring: 1.5 mi
- Pima Spring: 1.7 mi
- Finger Rock Spring: 3.5 mi
- Cargodera Spring: 4.2 mi
- Wooden Trough Spring: 4.9 mi
- Steam Pump Ranch: 2.2 mi
- James D. Kriegh Park: 3.6 mi
- Riverfront Park: 3.7 mi
- Wildlife Ridge Park: 3.9 mi
- Naranja Park: 4.3 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon Park: 5.1 mi
- Santa Catalina Research Natural Area: 6.5 mi
- Tucson Audubon Society: 6.7 mi
- Upper Cañada del Oro: 8.0 mi
- Mason Center: 8.3 mi
- Friends of Catalina State Park: 1.9 mi
- Dream It, Then Do It: 3.7 mi
- Soccer Ball: 3.8 mi
- Baseball: 3.8 mi
- The Learning Tree: 4.8 mi
- Victor Romero Rose Garden: 3.8 mi
- Children's Garden: 5.6 mi
- Sin Agua Garden: 5.7 mi
- Ethbotanical Garden: 5.7 mi
- Spanish Colonial Courtyard: 5.7 mi
- The Window: 3.6 mi
- Geology Wall: 5.7 mi
- Crested Saguaro: 5.8 mi
- Rio Grande Steel Sided Caboose 01433: 10.0 mi
- Sig Boysen Home Composting Site: 10.4 mi
- Arizona Heroes Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Catalina Mountain School: 4.9 mi
- Valley of the Moon: 8.6 mi
- Sun Circle: 8.7 mi
- Saguarohenge: 9.4 mi
- Degrazia Gallery in the Sun: 5.5 mi
- Children’s Museum Oro Valley: 5.7 mi
- H. H. Franklin Auto Museum: 9.2 mi
- The Mini Time Machine Museum: 9.3 mi
- Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum: 10.0 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Marshall Gulch Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Loma Linda Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Seven Falls: 9.6 mi
- Seven Catarcts: 11.2 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 18.0 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 18.9 mi
- Bridal Wreath Falls: 19.4 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 4.8 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 11.9 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 11.9 mi
- Alcatraz: 11.9 mi
- Sun Spot: 13.7 mi
- American Flag: 16.8 mi
- Redington: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Walter's Cascade. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | ENE 67° | 2,794 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | E 84° | 2,607 m | 11.7 mi |
| Kellogg Mountain | E 85° | 2,561 m | 12.0 mi |
| Marshall Peak | ENE 78° | 2,530 m | 8.7 mi |
| Spencer Peak | E 81° | 2,493 m | 10.0 mi |
| Leopold Point | E 87° | 2,460 m | 12.6 mi |
| Syke Knob | ENE 76° | 2,426 m | 9.8 mi |
| Cathedral Rock | ESE 102° | 2,426 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 18:58 | 19:35 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:49 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:46 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 50 | 56 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 67 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catalina SP, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar, Aug — fullest in Feb, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 35.5 | 35.8 | 32.9 | 13.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 15.5 | 21.1 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 14.2 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Sabino Creek Near Tucson, AZ, 8 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/10016725185
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- Tucson · 14 mi
- Saguaro National Park · 26 mi
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