Depot Creek Falls
Depot Creek Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1,433 m. Mount Spickard stands 2,734 m to the east-southeast, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Redoubt, a peak 1.6 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 19 miles off.
The story
Depot Creek Falls is a 967-foot (295 m)-high waterfall in the North Cascades National Park, Whatcom County, Washington. The falls occur where Depot Creek drops over a headwall. The creek starts off by plunging 200 feet (61 m). After that is a long slide of 767 feet (234 m) to the bottom of the valley. Spray at the falls' base is immense. The average volume of the falls is 300-500 cubic feet per second of water, which flows over a nearly 1,000-foot (300 m) high cliff as a 125-foot (38 m)-wide river. Reaching the falls is challenging. One has to drive up Depot Creek FSR from the Canadian side, which is in poor condition, before hiking about 8 miles (13 km) to the falls. This is one reason the falls are seldom visited.
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Wikidata Q37513, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 270 m
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Diablo Lake Overlook · 20 mi
- Artist Point · 21 mi
- Nooksack Falls Viewpoint · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Redoubt: 1.6 mi
- Mount Custer: 1.7 mi
- Solitude Peak: 2.0 mi
- Mount Spickard: 2.1 mi
- Ag Peak: 2.2 mi
- Sulphide Creek Falls: 18.1 mi
- Goat Falls: 20.4 mi
- John Pierce Waterfall: 20.5 mi
- Middle Berdeen Falls: 20.6 mi
- Berdeen Falls: 20.9 mi
- Winnies Slide: 18.1 mi
- Devils Stairway: 23.7 mi
- Shuksan Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Austin Pass Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Gorge Powerhouse Visitor Gallery: 21.0 mi
- "Old Number 6" Seattle City Light Locomotive: 21.1 mi
- Temple of Power: 21.1 mi
- Pacific Crest Trail Northern Terminus: 21.9 mi
- Baker Hot Springs: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Depot Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Spickard | ESE 106° | 2,734 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Redoubt | SSW 208° | 2,689 m | 1.6 mi |
| Ag Peak | E 95° | 2,689 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Custer | ENE 64° | 2,630 m | 1.7 mi |
| Northwest Mox Peak | SSE 153° | 2,592 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Rahm | ENE 61° | 2,580 m | 2.8 mi |
| Solitude Peak | ESE 121° | 2,562 m | 2.0 mi |
| Luna Peak | S 177° | 2,533 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:36 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 20:24 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 08:57 | 16:15 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Vancouver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 41 | 47 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 34 |
| Precip in | 12.3 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 8.6 | 13.7 | 11.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Diablo DAM, 19 mi away.
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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7888619481
Day trips start here
- Mount Baker · 28 mi
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