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Marymere Falls

A 28 m drop.

When to go

MarymereFalls May2013
Zandcee · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

28m

Height

OpenStreetMap

2.1m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Apr
Nov

Best months

589kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Marymere Falls, month by month

It roars in March and from November to January.

The fullest months: March and from November to January. The thinnest: from June to September.

  1. 4.4 m³/sJan
  2. 3.3 m³/sFeb
  3. 3.4 m³/sMar
  4. 2.6 m³/sApr
  5. 1.8 m³/sMay
  6. 1.0 m³/sJun
  7. 0.6 m³/sJul
  8. 0.5 m³/sAug
  9. 0.8 m³/sSep
  10. 2.1 m³/sOct
  11. 3.5 m³/sNov
  12. 4.0 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 0.47 m³/s in the lowest month to 4.4 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and November.

Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall in Olympic National Park, Washington, USA

Marymere Falls is a waterfall in United States. The water falls 28 m. It lies within Olympic National Park. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

28 mMarymereFalls1.8 ma person9.0 ma house56 mTower of Pisa

Height of the drop as mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

589 kW

About 2.1 m³/s falling 28 m: the power of the water as it drops.

  • enough to power about 147 homes, if it were all turned into electricity

Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.

Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Marymere Falls seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Falls Creek through the falls
200 m400 m600 mMarymere Falls-1.5 km-1 km-0.5 km0← upstreamdownstream →

The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.

Around the falls the river drops 478 m in 1.9 km.

What is around.

  • 3viewpointsMarymere Falls
  • 3waymarked walking routesMount Storm King Trail, Marymere Falls Trail, Olympic Discovery Trail
  • 8car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 10picnic sites
  • 3toilets
  • 26information boards and visitor centres
  • 2bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • 2campsitesShadow Mountain RV & Campground, Log Cabin Campground
  • 2hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmLake Crescent Lodge, Log Cabin Resort
  • —restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C6681116182222181386
Night °C2234710121210742
Rain & snow (mm)2861622241378663314286198292270
Wet days2218221915147811182222
Sun h/day1.53.44.36.27.98.610.59.26.94.02.01.2
Snow on the ground (cm)1615117200002915

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (291 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Marymere Falls - panoramio
runt35 · CC BY 3.0
Marymere Falls 01
Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Marymere Falls 02
Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

Wet years and dry years

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020167%110%52%46%139%156%89%107%129%74%95%111%
2021109%120%66%39%73%108%32%39%176%140%143%98%
202296%82%61%146%158%175%76%25%14%74%70%109%
202380%109%71%148%44%53%96%62%104%66%75%111%
2024113%109%81%85%103%147%65%195%75%112%104%124%
202526%120%125%65%94%45%53%191%91%99%76%156%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Marymere Falls

United States

  • 28 mHeight
  • 2.1 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr, NovBest months

Englishman River Falls Provincial Park

Canada

  • —Height
  • 7.0 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

Snoqualmie Falls

United States

  • 82 mHeight
  • 50 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–Apr, NovBest months

See the guide

Sunset Falls

United States

  • 32 mHeight
  • 69 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–May, NovBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q37905) · CC0
Height of the drop© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
River flow and catchmentHydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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