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Twin Falls

One of the waterfalls of United States.

When to go

Twin Falls, ID
Charles Roscoe Savage · Public domain

In numbers.

297m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Mar–Jun

Best months

1,048m

Elevation

The water at Twin Falls, month by month

It roars from February to May.

The fullest months: from February to May. The thinnest: from August to October.

  1. 502 m³/sJan
  2. 562 m³/sFeb
  3. 630 m³/sMar
  4. 661 m³/sApr
  5. 646 m³/sMay
  6. 433 m³/sJun
  7. 231 m³/sJul
  8. 105 m³/sAug
  9. 106 m³/sSep
  10. 172 m³/sOct
  11. 233 m³/sNov
  12. 373 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 105 m³/s in the lowest month to 661 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to June.

Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall on the Snake River in Jerome and Twin Falls counties in Idaho, United States

Twin Falls is a waterfall in United States.

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Getting there.

Plan your visit

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Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Twin Falls seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Snake River through the falls
1,020 m1,040 m1,060 mTwin Falls-1.5 km-1 km-0.5 km0+0.5 km+1 km← upstreamdownstream →

The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.

The valley below the falls
−690 m+690 m

Around the falls the river drops 50 m in 2.9 km. Here the river runs about 107 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • —viewpoints
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • 1car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 kmShoshone Falls
  • —caves
  • 1campsitesAnderson Camp
  • 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmAmber Inn Motel
  • —restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

  • Kimberly6.2 km in a straight line
  • Hansen8.0 km in a straight line
  • Twin Falls9.0 km in a straight line
  • Jerome20 km in a straight line
  • Filer21 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C461216222936342818104
Night °C-5-3038131918125-1-5
Rain & snow (mm)423140444521101419293454
Wet days1089101064346810
Sun h/day4.75.56.88.710.412.312.611.49.97.85.43.5
Snow on the ground (cm)17151051000021016

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,048 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

386 MSS P 24 B3 F5
Charles Roscoe Savage · Public domain
Beach at Dierkes Lake Park Twin Falls ID - panoramio
Chanilim714 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dream Houses Dierkes Lake Park Twin Falls ID - panoramio
Chanilim714 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Recent years

Wet years and dry years

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020126%61%88%48%86%243%74%28%18%40%102%33%
202155%122%48%21%41%16%186%95%58%248%71%85%
202287%17%36%72%114%70%27%78%56%64%112%85%
202377%84%133%32%120%180%53%225%216%129%112%75%
2024142%166%152%39%65%62%74%50%73%39%71%133%
202547%202%79%16%50%10%94%162%126%127%21%115%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Twin Falls

United States

  • —Height
  • 297 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–JunBest months

Shoshone Falls

United States

  • 65 mHeight
  • 297 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–JunBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q38073) · CC0
River flow and catchmentHydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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