Weeks Falls
Weeks Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 375 m. Kaleetan Peak stands 1,908 m to the east-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Olallie State Park South Fork Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 runs past it.
The story
Weeks Falls is a waterfall on the south fork of the Snoqualmie River, located near North Bend, Washington, USA, just south of Interstate 90 at exit 38. The falls are at the end of the road that goes past the Olallie State Park ranger headquarters. From the gravel parking lot, there is a paved accessible overlook to see the falls and a small area around the hydro-electric plant. There is also a ¼ mile accessible interpretive trail nearby. Weeks Falls has a small Run-of-the-river hydroelectric plant owned by Eagle Creek Renewable Energy and operated by PIC Group, Inc. Water is drawn from the river above the falls and run through an underground channel to the single 4.3 MW nameplate capacity generating unit. As of year-end 2024, Weeks Falls Generated 13.1 GWh of electricity annually.
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Wikidata Q37952, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 18.3 m
How to reach it
- On the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
- On the JCT EAST SUNSET WAY VIC ISSAQUAH TO VIC THORP
- On the JCT WEST LAKE SAMMAMISH PKWY VIC ISSAQUAH TO JCT SR 970 VIC CLE ELUM
- 7.8 mi off the JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND
Overlooks nearby
- Weeks Falls Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Olallie Knob · 1 mi
- Hall Point · 1 mi
- J's Landing · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Easter Island: 1.4 mi
- Machu Picchu: 1.6 mi
- Songbird Peak: 1.7 mi
- Dirty Harry's Peak: 1.7 mi
- Change Peak: 1.8 mi
- Twin Falls (Upper): 2.5 mi
- Twin Falls (Lower): 2.5 mi
- Teneriffe Falls: 5.6 mi
- Lower Big Blowout Falls: 6.7 mi
- Big Blowout Falls: 6.8 mi
- Dahlgren Family Park: 5.8 mi
- Tanner Landing Park: 6.0 mi
- Torguson Park: 7.3 mi
- E J Roberts Park: 7.4 mi
- Si View Park: 7.5 mi
- Dendritic Root Floor: 5.9 mi
- Snaking Root Ceiling: 6.0 mi
- Poet's Path: 10.6 mi
- Snoqualmie Totem Pole: 10.6 mi
- 2003 Centennial Mural: 10.6 mi
- Actual Cave: 1.4 mi
- Amazonia: 1.4 mi
- Club Paradiso: 1.4 mi
- Semi Wall: 1.6 mi
- Snoqualmie Centennial Log Pavilion: 10.7 mi
- Cottonwood Natural Area: 12.9 mi
- Raging River Natural Area: 14.3 mi
- Crow Marsh Natural Area: 16.9 mi
- Griffin Creek Natural Area: 17.4 mi
- BN Peninsula Natural Area: 17.5 mi
- Chester Morse Monument: 4.4 mi
- Brett S. Hall: 6.6 mi
- W. Mitch Hungate: 6.7 mi
- Nordrum Lookout: 9.7 mi
- Hemlock: 10.2 mi
- Glacier Park Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Legacy Garden: 18.7 mi
- Smith-Mossman Western Azalea Display Garden: 18.7 mi
- Perennial Border: 18.8 mi
- Sunset Walk Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Olallie State Park South Fork Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Mine Creek: 3.1 mi
- Asahel Curtis Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Camp Brown Day Use Area: 9.1 mi
- Group Picnic Shelter: 9.8 mi
- Cedar River Watershed Education Center: 6.0 mi
- Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum: 7.8 mi
- Northwest Railway Museum, Train Hall: 9.7 mi
- Northwest Railway Museum: 10.6 mi
- Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 11.0 mi
- Canopy Crag: 6.2 mi
- Family Wall: 6.2 mi
- World Wall: 6.7 mi
- Lower Pratt Climbing Area: 7.9 mi
- Ghost Point: 8.6 mi
- Tibbetts Beach: 21.6 mi
- Alexander Beach: 21.7 mi
- Rosemont Beach: 24.5 mi
- Canyon Spring: 5.6 mi
- Travelers Rest Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Goldmyer Hot Springs: 12.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Weeks Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaleetan Peak | ENE 75° | 1,907.7 m | 8.1 mi |
| Chair Peak | ENE 78° | 1,902 m | 8.6 mi |
| Preacher Mountain | NE 53° | 1,800 m | 7.5 mi |
| Caroline Peak | ENE 63° | 1,795 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Roosevelt | ENE 72° | 1,779 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bryant Peak | E 82° | 1,768.1 m | 8.8 mi |
| Granite Mountain | E 98° | 1,716 m | 7.8 mi |
| The Tooth | E 84° | 1,708.1 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:39 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 20:20 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:26 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 37 | 39 | 44 | 50 | 55 | 61 | 61 | 56 | 48 | 40 | 35 |
| Precip in | 13.0 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 9.7 | 14.6 | 12.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedar Lake, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Feb, Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 357 | 305 | 282 | 385 | 546 | 429 | 169 | 64.4 | 80.4 | 188 | 395 | 363 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge SF Snoqualmie River AB Alice Creek Near Garcia, WA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12907882113
Day trips start here
- North Bend · 8 mi
- King County · 9 mi
- Snoqualmie · 11 mi
- Snoqualmie Pass · 12 mi
- Issaquah · 20 mi
- Renton · 26 mi
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