Bacon Lake Falls
Bacon Lake Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1,453 m. Mount Shuksan stands 2,784 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Green Lake Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 8.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 136 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Artist Point · 14 mi
- Viewpoint Dam · 15 mi
- Diablo Lake Overlook · 19 mi
- Nooksack Falls Viewpoint · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Canadian Bacon: 1.4 mi
- Bacon Peak: 1.6 mi
- Hagan Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Electric Butte: 2.8 mi
- Mount Watson: 3.8 mi
- Upper Green Lake Falls: 0.8 mi
- Green Lake Falls: 0.9 mi
- Berdeen Falls: 1.8 mi
- Middle Berdeen Falls: 2.2 mi
- Goat Falls: 2.4 mi
- Trillium Conservation Area: 8.3 mi
- Diobsud Creek Barbien/Jordan Conservation Easement: 8.5 mi
- Diobsud Creek Abel Conservation Area: 9.4 mi
- Douglas Island Convservation Area: 11.7 mi
- Cascade River South 1: 11.8 mi
- Pressentin County Park: 11.6 mi
- Riverside Park: 13.2 mi
- Lake Shannon Recreation Area: 13.5 mi
- Vogler Lake Public Access: 14.4 mi
- Howard Miller Steelhead Park: 14.6 mi
- Winnies Slide: 11.3 mi
- Park Cliffs: 14.1 mi
- Roman Wall: 15.8 mi
- Lee Promontory: 16.5 mi
- The Palisades: 20.3 mi
- Austin Pass Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Shuksan Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Mount Baker Vista: 20.1 mi
- North Cascading: 8.8 mi
- Cascade Trail: 24.7 mi
- Shadow of the Sentinels: 9.6 mi
- "Old Number 6" Seattle City Light Locomotive: 11.9 mi
- Temple of Power: 11.9 mi
- Lumberjack Mural: 14.9 mi
- Gorge Powerhouse Visitor Gallery: 12.2 mi
- Skagit Aero Education Museum: 15.6 mi
- Baker Hot Springs: 9.2 mi
- Angele Cupples Community Garden: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Bacon Lake Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shuksan | NNW 337° | 2,784 m | 11.0 mi |
| Luna Peak | NE 47° | 2,533 m | 14.7 mi |
| Nooksack Tower | NNW 341° | 2,530 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Challenger | NE 36° | 2,501 m | 12.9 mi |
| Crooked Thumb Peak | NE 37° | 2,476 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Fury | NE 43° | 2,474 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Terror | ENE 57° | 2,448 m | 11.3 mi |
| Phantom Peak | NE 39° | 2,443 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:37 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 20:23 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 15:18 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 53 | 57 | 63 | 63 | 58 | 48 | 39 | 34 |
| Precip in | 15.3 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 10.5 | 16.0 | 14.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upper Baker DAM, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul, Oct–Nov — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 569 | 477 | 506 | 673 | 1,309 | 1,293 | 918 | 471 | 494 | 751 | 1,000 | 543 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Baker River AB Blum Creek Near Concrete, WA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of North Cascades National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Dec and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12686123493
Day trips start here
- Mount Baker · 15 mi
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