Thursday, October 1, 2026
In partnership with the National Park Service and the Ice Age Floods Institute, we’re eager to share an exciting look at the floods that reshaped landscapes across much of the Pacific Northwest thousands of years ago.
Our very own Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park was created by these floods. Though it has long dried out, it once held a waterfall that was five times the width and over two times the height of Niagara Falls. Today, you can visit the park and see the dry 400-foot-high, 3.5-mile-wide remnants of this ice age waterfall, which make up one of the largest cataracts on the planet.
In 2023, the International Union of Geological Sciences, one of the world's largest scientific organizations, selected Dry Falls to be part of The First 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites, which includes areas designated by the geoscience community for their significant impact in understanding the Earth and its history.
Our very own Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park was created by these floods. Though it has long dried out, it once held a waterfall that was five times the width and over two times the height of Niagara Falls. Today, you can visit the park and see the dry 400-foot-high, 3.5-mile-wide remnants of this ice age waterfall, which make up one of the largest cataracts on the planet.
In 2023, the International Union of Geological Sciences, one of the world's largest scientific organizations, selected Dry Falls to be part of The First 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites, which includes areas designated by the geoscience community for their significant impact in understanding the Earth and its history.
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