Comet Falls
Comet Falls is a tall waterfall located on Van Trump Creek in Pierce County, Washington. The falls are thought to be the best in the Mount Rainier region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: J Brew, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Upper Comet Falls and Kautz Creek Falls.
Upper Comet Falls
Waterfall
Upper Comet Falls is a waterfall in Pierce County, Washington. It is located along Van Trump Creek and is located a ways above Comet Falls. The falls may have been formed as a result of the floods of 2003 and 2006 that came down Van Trump Creek.
Kautz Creek Falls
Waterfall
Kautz Creek Falls is a waterfall on Kautz Creek in the Mount Rainier National Park in the state of Washington. It was formed when the Kautz Glacier retreated in the last 50 years, creating a series of long and slender cascades totaling about 400 feet in height down a tall glacial cliff, with a highest drop of 150 feet.
Christine Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Doss Imaging, CC BY 3.0.
Christine Falls is a waterfall on Van Trump Creek in Pierce County, Washington. The falls are 69 feet feet high and are best known for the Christine Falls Bridge spanning the lower drop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paradise.
Paradise
Hamlet
Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paradise is the name of an area at approximately 5,400 feet on the south slope of Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, United States. Paradise is situated 2 miles east of Comet Falls.
Comet Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall on Van Trump Creek in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
- Category: body of water
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.79612° or 46° 47′ 46″ northLongitude
-121.78036° or 121° 46′ 49″ westElevation
4,925 feet (1,501 metres)Height
302 feet (92 metres)Open location code
84RWQ6W9+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 622782160OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
5790689Wikidata ID
Q37290
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Satellite Map
Discover Comet Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Comet Falls” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cascades Comet”
- Catalan: “Comet Falls”
- Dutch: “Comet Falls”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوميت فالس”
- French: “Chutes Comet”
- French: “Comet Falls”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار کومت”
- Mazanderani: “کومت ئوشار”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Comet Falls”
- Persian: “آبشار کامت”
- Persian: “آبشار کومت”
- Persian: “ابشار کامت”
- Persian: “ابشار کومت”
- Tajik: “Комет”
- Tajik: “Обшори Комет”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Комет”
- Urdu: “کومیٹ آبشار”
- Western Panjabi: “کومیٹ آبشار”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Comet Falls Viewpoint and Bloucher Falls.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Comet Falls”. Photo: J Brew, CC BY-SA 2.0.