Diablo Dam

Diablo Dam is one of three dams along the upper Skagit River in Whatcom County, Washington and part of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project that supplies Seattle with some of its power needs.

Photo: Robert Ashworth, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Dam
Description: in the U.S. state of Washington
Also known as: “Diablo Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sourdough Mountain Lookout.

Sourdough Mountain Lookout

Historic building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Sourdough Mountain Lookout is a fire lookout that was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933. Constructed atop Sourdough Mountain in North Cascades National Park, in the U.S. state of Washington, the lookout was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Sourdough Mountain Lookout is situated 2 miles northeast of Diablo Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diablo and Newhalem.

Diablo

Hamlet

Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Diablo is an unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It is located near Diablo Dam in the Ross Lake National Recreation Area, along the Skagit River.

Newhalem

Hamlet

Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5.

Newhalem is a small unincorporated community on the Skagit River in the western foothills of the North Cascades, in Whatcom County, northwestern Washington, United States. Newhalem is situated 6 miles southwest of Diablo Dam.

Diablo Dam

Categories: arch dam and hydroelectric power station
Location: Whatcom, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

48.71429° or 48° 42′ 51″ north

Longitude

-121.13123° or 121° 7′ 52″ west

Elevation

1,152 feet (351 metres)

Open location code

84WWPV79+PG

GeoNames ID

5792369

Wikidata ID

Q920135

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Diablo Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Diablo Dam”
Czech: “Ďáblova přehrada”
Czech: “Hydroelektrický projekt řeky Skagit”
French: “barrage Diablo”
French: “Barrage Diablo”
French: “Skagit River Hydroelectric Project”
German: “Diablo Dam”
German: “Diablo Hydroelectric Power Plant”
German: “Diablo Lake”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Diablo-demningen”
Norwegian: “Diablo-demningen”
Ukrainian: “ГЕС Діабло”

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Nearby Places

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