Showing posts with label Lakes-Rivers-Waterfalls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lakes-Rivers-Waterfalls. Show all posts

Oct 12, 2012

Gorge Creek Falls

Gorge Creek Falls is one of the few developed waterfalls in the North Cascades National Park complex.



Sep 20, 2012

Diablo Lake

Diablo Lake is a reservoir in the North Cascade mountains of northern Washington state, USA. Created by Diablo Dam, the lake is located between Ross Lake and Gorge Lake on the Skagit River at an elevation of 1,201 feet (366 m) above sea level.[1] Diablo Lake is part of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project and managed by Seattle City Light. (Wikipedia)

Ross Lake

Ross Lake is a large reservoir in the North Cascade mountains of northern Washington state, USA, and southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The lake runs approximately north-south, is 23 miles (37 km) long, up to 1.5 miles (2.5 km) wide, and the full reservoir elevation is 1,604 feet above sea level (489 m). (Wikipedia)


Jun 18, 2012

Kachess Lake, WA

Kachess Lake is part of the Columbia River basin, and the lake is used as a storage reservoir for the Yakima Project, an irrigation project run by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. The name Kachess comes from an Indian term meaning «more fish». (Wikipedia)


Kachess Lake, Washington, USA.

Spirit Lake, Mount St. Helens, WA

Spirit Lake is a lake north of Mount St. Helens in Washington State. The lake was a popular tourist destination for many years until the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. With the eruption and resulting megatsunami, thousands of trees were torn from the surrounding hillside after lake water was displaced 800 feet up the hillside. (Wikipedia)


Mowich Lake in Mount Rainier National Park

Mowich Lake is the largest and deepest lake in Mount Rainier National Park.


Apr 27, 2012

The Yakima River

«That the rivers are our brothers and yours, and you must henceforth give the rivers the kindness you would give any brother» (Chief Seattle).
Summer, 2010.

Mar 17, 2012

Twin Falls near North Bend, WA

Twin Falls  is the tallest waterfall along the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River and the third tallest among any branch of the Snoqualmie after Kanim Falls and Snoqualmie Falls.


Mar 13, 2012

Green Lake, Seattle, WA

Green Lake is a freshwater lake in north central Seattle, Washington, within Green Lake Park.


Jan 25, 2009

Lake Kapowsin

Lake Kapowsin, located in Pierce County, Washington, is a large lake covering 512 surface acres and reaching depth of about 58 feet. (Kapowsin Lake)