Kautz Creek Falls
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Upper Comet Falls and Comet 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. Upper Comet Falls is situated 4,000 feet south of Kautz Creek Falls.
Comet Falls
Waterfall
Photo: J Brew, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Pyramid Glaciers
Glacier
The Pyramid Glacier is actually a scattering of glaciers and snowfields located on the south-southwestern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers 0.2 square miles and contains 400 million ft3 of ice.
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 3 miles southeast of Kautz Creek Falls.
Kautz Creek Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall
- Category: body of water
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.81025° or 46° 48′ 37″ northLongitude
-121.78256° or 121° 46′ 57″ westOpen location code
84RWR668+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 1985335428OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallWikidata ID
Q37287
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Kautz Creek Falls” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Kautz Creek Falls”
- Dutch: “Kautz Creek Falls”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاوتز كريك فالس”
- French: “Chutes de la Kautz Creek”
- French: “Kautz Creek Falls”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار کائوتز کریک”
- Mazanderani: “کائوتز کریک ئوشار”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kautz Creek Falls”
- Persian: “آبشار کائوتز کریک”
- Persian: “ابشار کائوتز کریک”
- Tajik: “Каутс Крик”
- Tajik: “Обшори Каутс Крик”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Каутс Крик”
- Urdu: “کاؤتز کریک آبشار”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West Van Trump Park Falls and Mildred Point.
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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 “Kautz Creek Falls”. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.