Miller River Waterfalls
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There are a total of 3 waterfalls on the 2 forks of the Miller River
. Below is a description for all of them:
The location of this waterfall is often marked on older maps as being just downstream of the mouth of Smith Creek. The true location is just below the outlet of Lake Dorathy, at a bend in the river. The falls are located within a narrow gorge.
Borderline Falls, at 47°39′33"N 121°24′44"W, is a located about 1.5 miles upstream from the mouth of the West Fork and about 0.6 miles above Immigration Falls. They occur where the river is squeezed between two large granite
slabs and cascades for about 20 feet. It got its name due to the amount of kayakers who run it as well as the river above or below the falls.
Immigration Falls, at 47°39′55"N 121°24′01"W, is located about 0.9 miles above the mouth of the West Fork and about 0.6 miles downstream from Borderline Falls. They occur where the river drops over a huge boulder
and into another. It got its name due to the amount of kayakers who run it as well as the river above or below the falls.
Miller River
The Miller River is a river in King County, Washington. Named for 1890s prospector John Miller, it is a tributary of the Skykomish River, which it joins near the community of Miller River . The Miller River is about long from the confluence of its main tributaries, the East Fork and West Fork...
. Below is a description for all of them:
Florence Falls
Florence Falls, at 47°35′59"N 121°23′00"W, is located a short distance downstream from Lake Dorathy. The falls are a long cascade totaling about 140 feet (42.7 m). The falls are made up of several small drops, none over 20 feet high, and can be just a trickle when the river is really low or likely quite large when the river is high.The location of this waterfall is often marked on older maps as being just downstream of the mouth of Smith Creek. The true location is just below the outlet of Lake Dorathy, at a bend in the river. The falls are located within a narrow gorge.
Borderline Falls
Borderline Falls, at 47°39′33"N 121°24′44"W, is a located about 1.5 miles upstream from the mouth of the West Fork and about 0.6 miles above Immigration Falls. They occur where the river is squeezed between two large granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
slabs and cascades for about 20 feet. It got its name due to the amount of kayakers who run it as well as the river above or below the falls.
Immigration Falls
Immigration Falls, at 47°39′55"N 121°24′01"W, is located about 0.9 miles above the mouth of the West Fork and about 0.6 miles downstream from Borderline Falls. They occur where the river drops over a huge boulder
Boulder
In geology, a boulder is a rock with grain size of usually no less than 256 mm diameter. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive....
and into another. It got its name due to the amount of kayakers who run it as well as the river above or below the falls.