Green Lake Falls
Green Lake Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1,196 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 0.2 miles away. JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
Green Lake Falls is a large, very difficult to access waterfall located a short distance below the outlet of remote Green Lake, in North Cascades National Park, Whatcom County, Washington. It is 979 feet (298 m) high & averages 150 feet (46 m) wide and flows year-round. It has several tiers, including a 300-foot (91 m) slide and a 500-foot (152 m) plunge. There is another 175-foot (53 m) drop about a fifth of a mile upstream, and if this was included the total height would be close to 1,260 feet (380 m). Above that is Green Lake itself, which is fed by several large, glacial streams originating from the Green Lake Glacier. The largest one contains unofficially named Bacon Lake Falls.
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Wikidata Q37438, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 299 m
- Width
- 46 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
- 8.0 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 13.7 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM TO AUSTIN PASS VIC MT BAKER
Overlooks nearby
- Artist Point · 14 mi
- Viewpoint Dam · 15 mi
- Diablo Lake Overlook · 18 mi
- Nooksack Falls Viewpoint · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Canadian Bacon: 1.8 mi
- Hagan Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bacon Peak: 2.4 mi
- Electric Butte: 3.2 mi
- Logger Butte: 4.2 mi
- Trillium Conservation Area: 8.5 mi
- Diobsud Creek Barbien/Jordan Conservation Easement: 8.7 mi
- Diobsud Creek Abel Conservation Area: 9.6 mi
- Douglas Island Convservation Area: 12.0 mi
- Cascade River South 1: 12.1 mi
- Upper Green Lake Falls: 0.2 mi
- Bacon Lake Falls: 0.9 mi
- Berdeen Falls: 1.0 mi
- Middle Berdeen Falls: 1.3 mi
- Goat Falls: 1.5 mi
- Pressentin County Park: 11.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 13.9 mi
- Lake Shannon Recreation Area: 14.3 mi
- Vogler Lake Public Access: 15.3 mi
- Howard Miller Steelhead Park: 15.4 mi
- Winnies Slide: 11.1 mi
- Park Cliffs: 14.5 mi
- Roman Wall: 16.2 mi
- Lee Promontory: 16.9 mi
- The Palisades: 20.6 mi
- Austin Pass Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Shuksan Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Mount Baker Vista: 20.4 mi
- Shadow of the Sentinels: 10.3 mi
- "Old Number 6" Seattle City Light Locomotive: 11.3 mi
- Temple of Power: 11.3 mi
- Lumberjack Mural: 15.7 mi
- Gorge Powerhouse Visitor Gallery: 11.6 mi
- Skagit Aero Education Museum: 16.5 mi
- North Cascading: 8.8 mi
- Baker Hot Springs: 9.5 mi
- Angele Cupples Community Garden: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Green Lake Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shuksan | NNW 332° | 2,784 m | 10.8 mi |
| Luna Peak | NE 46° | 2,533 m | 13.9 mi |
| Nooksack Tower | NNW 337° | 2,530 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Challenger | NE 35° | 2,501 m | 12.1 mi |
| Crooked Thumb Peak | NE 37° | 2,476 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Fury | NE 43° | 2,474 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Terror | ENE 57° | 2,448 m | 10.5 mi |
| Phantom Peak | NE 38° | 2,443 m | 11.1 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/583376002
Day trips start here
- Mount Baker · 16 mi
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