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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 ...
Colonial Creek Falls: 788 metres (2,585 ft) Washington: United States [16] Mongefossen: 773 metres (2,536 ft) Møre og Romsdal: Norway [17] Gocta Cataracts: 771 metres (2,530 ft) Amazonas: Peru [18] Mutarazi Falls: 762 metres (2,500 ft) Manicaland: Zimbabwe [19] Kjelfossen: 755 metres (2,477 ft) Vestland: Norway [20] Johannesburg Falls: 751 ...
Camp Creek Falls; Canyon Falls (Washington) Celilo Falls; Christine Falls; Cloudcap Falls; Colonial Creek Falls; Comet Falls; Copper Lake Falls; Curly Creek Falls; D.
Torment Falls: 1,583 482 Torment Creek Near North Fork Cascade River: Green Lake Falls: 979 298 Unnamed fork of Bacon Creek: Near Green Lake in North Cascades National Park: Depot Creek Falls: 967 295 Depot Creek
Twin Falls; Hyak – provides access to the 2.3-mile-long (3.7 km) Snoqualmie Tunnel through the crest of the Cascade Mountains. In winter this site provides a public sledding area and ski trails groomed for track and skate style cross country skiing from Hyak eastward. Washington DOT Sno-pass parking is required at this site in winter.
The portion from Granite Falls to Barlow Pass follows the Stillaguamish River. The portion from Barlow Pass to Darrington follows the Sauk River . The "inside" of the highway's namesake loop is a large area containing significant Cascade peaks, including Three Fingers (6,850 ft; 2,090 m), Whitehorse Mountain (6,850 ft; 2,090 m), Mount Dickerman ...
The bulk of the floodwaters took the easiest path, straight south through the Drumheller Channels stretch of Crab Creek. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] The elevation drop of the floodwaters as they passed through the Drumheller Channels was greater than 50 meters (160 ft) over a distance of 20 km (12 mi) with gradients locally ranging from 2–12 m/km).