Wichita Falls
N 33° 54.802 W 098° 30.401
14S E 545603 N 3752659
The Wichita Falls is located in Lucy Park, Wichita Falls, Texas. The falls can easily be seen from I-44 as you pass by. At times the City will turn the pumps off to prevent heavy sediment after rain or flooding.
Waymark Code: WM1N15
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2007
Views: 174
The old waterfall was a small sandstone outcropping, which washed away in a flood, along with a few streets and a town square sometime after 1876. A ripple of water is all that remains.
The new waterfall is the result of the "Put The Falls Back" campaign in 1986. The non-profit Wichita Falls Streams and Valleys organization wanted to bring back the cities namesake. The price tag to make the city honest: $418,000.
There are 2 Geocaches at this location: GC419D (virtual) and GCWRZT (multi-stage)
Location of the waterfall:
Lucy Park
Wichita Falls, Texas United States
Coordinates of parking: N 33° 54.788 W 098° 30.344
Fees: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Flow dates: From: 01/01/2007 To: 12/31/2007
Type / features of structure: Sculpture
Estimated height in feet: 54
Estimated height in meters: 30.00
Estimated width in feet: 53
Estimated width in meters: 15
River/stream/lake/reservoir: Big Wichita River
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Visit Instructions:
To log this waymark, you will need to be able to prove to the waymark owner that you were at the waterfall in question. An original photo of the waterfall with your GPS in the photo would count as proof. Or a logged visit to a geocache in the area of the waterfall could also count as proof of a visit.