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Philo Falls   (Confirmed)
   Pierce County, Washington

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This is the upper of two significant waterfalls fed by seasonal snowfields north of the Russell Glacier in Seattle Park which can be seen plunging onto the western lateral moraine of the Carbon Glacier.

HISTORY AND NAMING INFORMATION

  • Philo Falls is the Historical name of this waterfall.

The date of the discovery and naming of this waterfall is unknown, but the falls were described by I.C. Russell during an 1896 expedition up the Carbon River valley in "Mount Rainier: A Record of Exploration" by Edward Meany, published in 1916.

Latitude

46.93082 N

Longitude

-121.79249 W

Elevation

5193 feet

USGS Quadrangle

Mowich Lake 7 1/2"

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OTHER NEARBY WATERFALLS

Name

Distance

Upper Philo Falls

0.173 miles

Carbon Moraine Falls

0.405 miles

Upper Marmot Creek Falls

1.215 miles

Unnamed Waterfall

1.349 miles

Lower Marmot Creek Falls

1.886 miles

Unnamed Waterfall

1.928 miles

Cataract Falls

1.928 miles

Unnamed Waterfall

1.966 miles

Unnamed Waterfall

1.997 miles

Unnamed Waterfall

2.023 miles

 

 

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PHYSICAL MAKEUP

Height

 

Tallest Drop

 

Num. Drops

AVG. Width

 

Pitch

Run

 

Primary Form

Veiling Horsetail

 

Watershed

Puyallup River

Stream

Unnamed

AVG. Volume

 

Source

Glacier

Seasonality

Best Flows

 
 

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UPDATE HISTORY

May 21, 2011

Edited Waterfall Information

 
 
 
 
 

 

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