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Waterwall

Waterwall, seen from above at true elevation

Waterwall is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Dixie Peak stands 1,404 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Goldiwarts, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 2.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.60919, -122.17896

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
Parks
  • Wilburton Hill Park: 0.1 mi
  • Paxton House: 0.2 mi
  • Main Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Surrey Downs Park: 0.7 mi
  • Bel-Red Mini Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
  • First Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Promontory Point: 5.7 mi
  • Kite Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak): 6.0 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 4.1 mi
  • City of Bellevue Open Space: 5.2 mi
  • Evans Creek Natural Area: 6.1 mi
  • Kathryn C. Lewis Natural Area: 8.2 mi
  • Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 53
  • Calkins Point: 2.5 mi
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 2.9 mi
  • Road End Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Rosemont Beach: 4.1 mi
  • North Beach: 4.7 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • Picnic Area A: 2.5 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 2.6 mi
  • Shelter 2: 5.4 mi
  • Shelter #1: 5.5 mi
Lighthouses: 19
Waterfalls: 17
  • North Fork Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Licton Springs: 9.7 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Waterwall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixie PeakESE 105°1,404 m22.5 mi
Blowdown MountainESE 107°1,400 m22.1 mi
Crater Lake PeakESE 106°1,326 m21.9 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ESE 109°1,254 m21.7 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakESE 121°1,004 m20.3 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakESE 120°994.257 m19.3 mi
East Tiger MountainSE 128°913 m13.6 mi
West Tiger #1SE 127°891 m11.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:22
June solstice05:1220:2321:11
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5515:2716:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424347515761676762544642
Precip in5.13.53.93.02.21.60.81.01.73.75.95.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Sand PT WFO, 7 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs26721820015697.175.742.029.433.957.4163238

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Issaquah Creek Near Mouth Near Issaquah, WA, 7 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/9251586886

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