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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. Cascade Loop 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
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
Historic sites: 52
  • Old Car: 4.2 mi
  • E2: 4.4 mi
  • Carnation Condensery Smokestack: 7.0 mi
  • Housing Hope Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Kiwanis Club: 8.1 mi
Nature reserves: 32
Museums: 26
  • 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: 14
  • The Clearing: 11.8 mi
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Nighthawk Site: 15.8 mi
  • Bear Creek Site: 16.1 mi
  • Hemple Creek Day Use Area: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 13
  • Lower Town Wall: 11.9 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 12.4 mi
  • Fiddlers Bluff: 12.7 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 12.8 mi
  • Moai: 12.8 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Licton Springs: 24.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Youngs Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunnshy PeakE1,895 m17.3 mi
Gunn PeakE1,887 m17.9 mi
Merchant Peak (Northwest)E1,863 m18.6 mi
Baring MountainE1,858 m18.5 mi
Mount IndexESE1,826 m11.9 mi
TailgunnerE1,781 m17.6 mi
Wing PeakE1,756 m18.1 mi
Mount RudderhamESE1,700 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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