Berdeen Falls
Berdeen Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1,266 m. Mount Shuksan stands 2,784 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Berdeen Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
Berdeen Falls is a series of three waterfalls located in Whatcom County, Washington. The 850-foot (260 m) falls are on a stretch of Bacon Creek (a tributary of the Skagit River) downstream of Berdeen Lake.The drops include a 400-foot (120 m) horsetail, a 200-foot (61 m) bedrock slide, and a 250-foot (76 m) plunge waterfall.
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Wikidata Q37452, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 274 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
- 8.3 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 13.3 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM TO AUSTIN PASS VIC MT BAKER
Overlooks nearby
- Artist Point · 14 mi
- Viewpoint Dam · 16 mi
- Diablo Lake Overlook · 18 mi
- Nooksack Falls Viewpoint · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hagan Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Canadian Bacon: 2.7 mi
- Mount Blum: 3.4 mi
- Bacon Peak: 3.4 mi
- Electric Butte: 4.0 mi
- Trillium Conservation Area: 9.0 mi
- Diobsud Creek Barbien/Jordan Conservation Easement: 9.4 mi
- Diobsud Creek Abel Conservation Area: 10.3 mi
- Cascade River South 1: 12.8 mi
- Douglas Island Convservation Area: 12.8 mi
- Middle Berdeen Falls: 0.4 mi
- Goat Falls: 0.6 mi
- Green Lake Falls: 1.0 mi
- Upper Green Lake Falls: 1.0 mi
- Bacon Lake Falls: 1.8 mi
- Pressentin County Park: 12.7 mi
- Riverside Park: 14.8 mi
- Lake Shannon Recreation Area: 15.3 mi
- Vogler Lake Public Access: 16.1 mi
- Howard Miller Steelhead Park: 16.3 mi
- Winnies Slide: 10.7 mi
- Park Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Roman Wall: 16.3 mi
- Lee Promontory: 17.2 mi
- The Palisades: 20.7 mi
- Austin Pass Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Shuksan Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Mount Baker Vista: 20.5 mi
- Temple of Power: 10.9 mi
- Lumberjack Mural: 16.7 mi
- Shadow of the Sentinels: 11.0 mi
- "Old Number 6" Seattle City Light Locomotive: 11.0 mi
- Gorge Powerhouse Visitor Gallery: 11.2 mi
- Skagit Aero Education Museum: 17.4 mi
- North Cascading: 9.2 mi
- Baker Hot Springs: 9.5 mi
- Angele Cupples Community Garden: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Berdeen Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shuksan | NNW 328° | 2,784 m | 10.3 mi |
| Luna Peak | NE 48° | 2,533 m | 12.9 mi |
| Nooksack Tower | NNW 332° | 2,530 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Challenger | NE 35° | 2,501 m | 11.1 mi |
| Crooked Thumb Peak | NE 37° | 2,476 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mount Fury | NE 44° | 2,474 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Terror | ENE 60° | 2,448 m | 9.6 mi |
| Phantom Peak | NE 39° | 2,443 m | 10.1 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, 10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1942197916
Day trips start here
- Mount Baker · 16 mi
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