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Youngs Creek Falls

Youngs Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Youngs Creek Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 149 m. Gunnshy Peak stands 1,895 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Marckworth Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 3.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
8 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.80857, -121.83292

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Elwell: 2.4 mi
  • Platts Lookout: 2.8 mi
  • Ten-Four Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • High Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Startup Mountain: 6.7 mi
Parks
  • Steelhead: 3.6 mi
  • Sportsman's Park: 3.7 mi
  • Rudolf Reese Park: 3.7 mi
  • River Park: 3.7 mi
  • Traveler's Park: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Car: 4.2 mi
  • E2: 4.4 mi
  • George Hett Shearer: 7.0 mi
  • Carnation Condensery Smokestack: 7.0 mi
  • Housing Hope Memorial: 8.1 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Gala Events: 6.6 mi
  • Lewis Street River Access: 6.9 mi
  • Segis Pietertje Prospect: 10.7 mi
  • Goat Farm: 11.0 mi
  • Vintage Big Carousel: 12.0 mi
Artworks
Waterfalls: 55
Nature reserves: 46
Museums: 28
  • Monroe Historical Society: 7.1 mi
  • Camlann Medieval Village: 8.9 mi
  • Blackman Museum: 14.2 mi
  • DeYoung House: 15.3 mi
  • Lake Stevens Historical Museum: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Site #1: 9.1 mi
  • Site #2: 9.1 mi
  • The Clearing: 11.8 mi
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Nighthawk Site: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Lower Town Wall: 11.9 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 12.4 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 12.6 mi
  • Fiddlers Bluff: 12.7 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 13
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Licton Springs: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Youngs Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunnshy PeakE 87°1,895 m17.3 mi
Gunn PeakE 88°1,887 m17.9 mi
Baring MountainE 96°1,858 m18.5 mi
Mount IndexESE 101°1,826 m11.9 mi
TailgunnerE 90°1,781 m17.6 mi
Wing PeakE 90°1,756 m18.1 mi
Red MountainNE 55°1,739 m18.5 mi
Mount RudderhamESE 113°1,700 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:3919:20
June solstice05:0920:2221:10
September equinox06:5518:2619:07
December solstice07:5415:2516:18

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, 7 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,1459958307987266854333583756161,2751,136

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Sultan River Below Powerplant Near Sultan, 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/6343923476

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