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Colonial Creek Falls is the tallest waterfall in the continental United States. [2] In a horizontal traverse of more than 4,200 feet (1,300 m), it falls 2,568 feet (783 m) vertically in 13 distinct drops, with an average incline of 65 degrees.
Snoqualmie Falls along the Snoqualmie River Narada Falls within the Mount Rainier National Park. There are over 3,000 catalogued waterfalls in the U.S. state of Washington, according to the World Waterfall Data Base [1] This is more than any other U.S. State and includes Colonial Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the continental United States and the tallest in any U.S. National Park, at ...
James Bruce Falls: 840 metres (2,756 ft) British Columbia: Canada [11] Browne Falls: 836 metres (2,743 ft) Southland: New Zealand [12] [13] Strupenfossen 820 metres (2,690 ft) Vestland: Norway [14] Ramnefjellsfossen: 818 metres (2,684 ft) Vestland: Norway [14] Waihilau Falls: 792 metres (2,598 ft) Hawaii: United States [15] Colonial Creek Falls ...
Torment Falls, although similar in fashion to Boston Creek Falls, is steeper and often more impressive. The falls slide 1,440 feet (440 m) off Mount Torment in three or four tiers, in a run about 2,600 feet (790 m) long. Like Boston Creek Falls, the falls is mostly obscured due to its gently sloping nature, and is only partially visible from ...
The Cumberland Gap is one of many passes in the Appalachian Mountains, but one of the few in the continuous Cumberland Mountain ridgeline. [2] It lies within Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and is located on the border of present-day Kentucky and Virginia, approximately 0.25 miles (0.40 km) northeast of the tri-state marker with Tennessee.
Colonial Peak was first climbed on July 31, 1931, by William Degenhardt and Herbert Strandberg of the Seattle Mountaineers. The standard route is the West Ridge, accessed from Colonial Glacier; the approach is via the Pyramid Lake Trail, starting from near Diablo Dam on the North Cascades Highway .
Kaaterskill Falls is a two-stage waterfall on Spruce Creek in the eastern Catskill Mountains of New York, between the hamlets of Haines Falls and Palenville in Greene County.The two cascades total 260 feet (79 m) in height, making Kaaterskill Falls one of the highest waterfalls in New York, and one of the Eastern United States' tallest waterfalls.
Colonial National Monument was authorized on July 3, 1930. It was established on December 30, 1930. It was established on December 30, 1930. On June 5, 1936, it was redesignated a National Historical Park .