Dry Falls coulee

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Dry Falls is at the head of the lower Grand Coulee in Grant County, central Washington, about two miles south of Coulee City on State Route 17. The cliff and the coulee below it sit inside Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park, with the visitor centre on the rim.

The horseshoe-shaped cliff is roughly 3.5 miles wide and four hundred feet high at its tallest point. Small lakes stand in the plunge basin at the foot of the cliff, including Park Lake and Deep Lake inside Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park.

Dry Falls was active during the Missoula Floods at the end of the last ice age, between roughly fifteen and eighteen thousand years ago. The falls have been dry since the floods ended and Glacial Lake Missoula drained for the last time.

At peak Missoula Flood discharge, an estimated sixty-five million cubic feet of water per second crossed the rim, roughly ten times the combined flow of all the world's rivers. Dry Falls was more than ten times wider and about twice as high as Niagara at peak.

The Missoula Floods were a finite event. Glacial Lake Missoula in present-day western Montana repeatedly broke its ice dam during the last ice age; once the climate warmed and the ice dam failed for the last time, the source water ended and the falls went dry.

Yes. The Dry Falls Visitor Center sits on the cliff rim along State Route 17, with a wide observation deck looking south over the falls and an interpretive exhibit on the ice-age floods. It is open daily from mid-May through September, with reduced winter hours.

Yes. Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park covers the plunge basin and the coulee floor below the cliff, with camping, swimming, and trails around Park Lake and Deep Lake. A Washington Discover Pass is required for state-park parking.

It has been a meaningful gift for many of our customers who follow the Ice Age Floods routes through eastern Washington. Dry Falls is the largest single feature on the trail and stands at the head of the lower Grand Coulee. A Medium or Large with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

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Yes. Current desert-modern direction favours art that names a specific landform with a clear story rather than a generic desert image. The largest known waterfall on Earth reads as place-anchored and pairs with the leather and warm-metal direction popular in Western-modern interiors.

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Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original work by Reid Wender, hand-finished in the studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. The artwork is not licensed from any third party and is exclusive to Wender Studios.