Middle Berdeen Falls
Middle Berdeen Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1,403 m. Mount Shuksan stands 2,784 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat 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
Tiered waterfall in Whatcom County, Washington
Wikidata Q37452, matched on coordinates and name (632 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 26 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
- 8.1 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 13.5 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM TO AUSTIN PASS VIC MT BAKER
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: 1.7 mi
- Canadian Bacon: 2.9 mi
- Mount Blum: 3.3 mi
- Bacon Peak: 3.7 mi
- Electric Butte: 4.1 mi
- Goat Falls: 0.2 mi
- Berdeen Falls: 0.4 mi
- Green Lake Falls: 1.3 mi
- Upper Green Lake Falls: 1.4 mi
- Bacon Lake Falls: 2.2 mi
- Trillium Conservation Area: 8.9 mi
- Diobsud Creek Barbien/Jordan Conservation Easement: 9.3 mi
- Diobsud Creek Abel Conservation Area: 10.3 mi
- Cascade River South 1: 12.7 mi
- Douglas Island Convservation Area: 12.8 mi
- Pressentin County Park: 12.7 mi
- Riverside Park: 15.0 mi
- Lake Shannon Recreation Area: 15.6 mi
- Vogler Lake Public Access: 16.5 mi
- Howard Miller Steelhead Park: 16.6 mi
- Winnies Slide: 10.8 mi
- Park Cliffs: 14.9 mi
- Roman Wall: 16.7 mi
- Lee Promontory: 17.6 mi
- The Palisades: 21.0 mi
- Austin Pass Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Shuksan Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Mount Baker Vista: 20.9 mi
- Temple of Power: 10.5 mi
- Lumberjack Mural: 17.0 mi
- "Old Number 6" Seattle City Light Locomotive: 10.6 mi
- Shadow of the Sentinels: 11.4 mi
- Gorge Powerhouse Visitor Gallery: 10.8 mi
- Skagit Aero Education Museum: 17.8 mi
- North Cascading: 9.1 mi
- Baker Hot Springs: 9.8 mi
- Angele Cupples Community Garden: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Middle Berdeen Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shuksan | NW 326° | 2,784 m | 10.4 mi |
| Luna Peak | NE 47° | 2,533 m | 12.6 mi |
| Nooksack Tower | NNW 330° | 2,530 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Challenger | NNE 34° | 2,501 m | 10.8 mi |
| Crooked Thumb Peak | NE 36° | 2,476 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Fury | NE 43° | 2,474 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Terror | ENE 59° | 2,448 m | 9.2 mi |
| Phantom Peak | NE 37° | 2,443 m | 9.8 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–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, 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/1942197935
Day trips start here
- Mount Baker · 16 mi
- North Cascades National Park · 30 mi
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