Dry Falls
Dry Falls is a 3.5-mile-long scalloped precipice with four major alcoves, in central Washington scablands. This cataract complex is on the opposite side of the Upper Grand Coulee from the Columbia River, and at the head of the Lower Grand Coulee, northern end of Lenore Canyon.Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dry Falls Dam.
Dry Falls Dam
Dam
Dry Falls Dam is a rockfaced earthfill type dam in the U.S. state of Washington. Located in Grant County near Coulee City, it was built as part of the Bureau of Reclamation's Columbia Basin Project. Dry Falls Dam is situated 2 miles northeast of Dry Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sun Lakes Park Resort and Coulee City.
Sun Lakes Park Resort
Locality
Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park is a public recreation area located at the foot of Dry Falls, three miles west of Coulee City in Grant County, Washington. The state park covers 3,774 acres along Route 17 at the head of the Lower Grand Coulee. Sun Lakes Park Resort is situated 2½ miles west of Dry Falls.
Coulee City
Photo: Publichall, Public domain.
Coulee City is in the Columbia River Plateau of Washington State, at the south shore of Banks Lake in the Grand Coulee.
Banks Lake South
Hamlet
Banks Lake South is a census-designated place in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 234 at the 2020 census. Banks Lake South is situated 3½ miles northeast of Dry Falls.
Dry Falls
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 1,545 feet
- Description: waterfall
- Categories: waterfall and landform
- Location: Grant, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Dry Falls” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Dry Falls”
- Cebuano: “Dry Falls”
- Chinese: “乾瀑布”
- Chinese: “干瀑布”
- Czech: “Dry Falls”
- Dutch: “Dry Falls”
- Egyptian Arabic: “درى فالس”
- French: “Dry Falls”
- German: “Dry Falls”
- Italian: “Dry Falls”
- Japanese: “ドライ滝”
- Lithuanian: “Sausieji kriokliai”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار درای”
- Mazanderani: “درای ئوشار”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Dry Falls”
- Persian: “آبشار درای”
- Persian: “ابشار درای”
- Polish: “Dry Falls”
- Polish: “Wodospad Suchy”
- Spanish: “Dry Falls”
- Tajik: “Драй”
- Tajik: “Обшори Драй”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Драй”
- Ukrainian: “Сухі Водоспади”
- Urdu: “ڈرائی آبشار”
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