Goat Falls
Goat Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1,465 m. Mount Shuksan stands 2,784 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Berdeen Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 8.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 86 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Artist Point · 14 mi
- Viewpoint Dam · 17 mi
- Diablo Lake Overlook · 17 mi
- Nooksack Falls Viewpoint · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hagan Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Blum: 3.1 mi
- Canadian Bacon: 3.2 mi
- Bacon Peak: 4.0 mi
- Electric Butte: 4.3 mi
- Middle Berdeen Falls: 0.2 mi
- Berdeen Falls: 0.6 mi
- Green Lake Falls: 1.5 mi
- Upper Green Lake Falls: 1.6 mi
- Bacon Lake Falls: 2.4 mi
- Trillium Conservation Area: 9.1 mi
- Diobsud Creek Barbien/Jordan Conservation Easement: 9.5 mi
- Diobsud Creek Abel Conservation Area: 10.5 mi
- Cascade River South 1: 12.9 mi
- Douglas Island Convservation Area: 13.0 mi
- Pressentin County Park: 12.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 15.2 mi
- Lake Shannon Recreation Area: 15.9 mi
- Vogler Lake Public Access: 16.7 mi
- Howard Miller Steelhead Park: 16.8 mi
- Winnies Slide: 10.7 mi
- Park Cliffs: 15.0 mi
- Roman Wall: 16.8 mi
- Lee Promontory: 17.7 mi
- The Palisades: 21.1 mi
- Austin Pass Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Shuksan Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Mount Baker Vista: 21.0 mi
- Temple of Power: 10.5 mi
- Lumberjack Mural: 17.3 mi
- "Old Number 6" Seattle City Light Locomotive: 10.5 mi
- Shadow of the Sentinels: 11.5 mi
- Gorge Powerhouse Visitor Gallery: 10.8 mi
- Skagit Aero Education Museum: 18.0 mi
- North Cascading: 9.2 mi
- Baker Hot Springs: 9.9 mi
- Angele Cupples Community Garden: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Goat Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shuksan | NW 324° | 2,784 m | 10.3 mi |
| Luna Peak | NE 47° | 2,533 m | 12.4 mi |
| Nooksack Tower | NNW 329° | 2,530 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Challenger | NNE 34° | 2,501 m | 10.5 mi |
| Crooked Thumb Peak | NE 36° | 2,476 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Fury | NE 43° | 2,474 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Terror | ENE 60° | 2,448 m | 9.0 mi |
| Phantom Peak | NE 38° | 2,443 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 61 | 50 | 41 | 36 |
| Precip in | 12.4 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 13.6 | 11.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhalem, 11 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/1942197997
Day trips start here
- Mount Baker · 16 mi
- North Cascades National Park · 30 mi
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