Washington · Documented attraction
Palouse Falls
78 mi from Spokane · ~2.3 hr drive
197ft tall
≈ 60 m
≈ 60 m
Palouse Falls is a named waterfall in Washington — a substantial cascade dropping 197 feet, about 78 miles from Spokane, WA. Full visit details below.
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city
- Spokane, WA · 78 mi · ~2.3 hr drive
- Height
- 197 ft (60 m)
- Coordinates
- 46.6634°, -118.2237°
- Listed as
- Tourist attraction (OpenStreetMap)
From Wikipedia: Palouse Falls is a waterfall in the northwest United States on the Palouse River, about four miles (6 km) upstream of its confluence with the Snake River in southeast Washington. Within the 94-acre (38 ha) Palouse Falls State Park, the falls are 200 feet (61 m) in height, and consist of an upper fall with a drop around twenty feet (6 m), which lies 1,000 feet (300 m) north-northwest of the main drop, and a lower fall. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Palouse Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Palouse Falls
The exact location is at 46.6634°, -118.2237° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Spokane, WA — 78 miles away (~2.3 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Palouse Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.