Nooksack Falls
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Nooksack Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 457 m. Mount Baker stands 3,287 m to the south, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Excelsior Peak, a peak 2.2 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM TO AUSTIN PASS VIC MT BAKER runs past it.
The story
Nooksack Falls is a waterfall along the North Fork of the Nooksack River in Whatcom County, Washington. The water flows through a narrow valley and drops freely 88 feet into a deep rocky river canyon. The falls are viewable from the forested cover near the cliffs edge. The falls are a short 2/3 of a mile drive off the Mount Baker Highway (State Route 542). The falls were featured in the hunting scene of the movie The Deer Hunter.
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Wikidata Q38265, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 27 m
- Width
- 9 m
How to reach it
- On the JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM TO AUSTIN PASS VIC MT BAKER
- 14.9 mi off the JCT SR 542 VIC KENDALL TO JCT SR 9 AT CANADIAN BORDER
- 18.9 mi off the JCT SR 530 VIC ARLINGTON TO CANADIAN BORDER
- 25.0 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
Overlooks nearby
- Artist Point · 7 mi
- Viewpoint Dam · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Excelsior Peak: 2.2 mi
- Bearpaw Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Church Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Barometer Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Mazama Falls: 4.9 mi
- Stapley Creek Falls: 7.2 mi
- Canyon creek rapids: 8.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 11.1 mi
- Upper Morovitz Falls: 11.4 mi
- Deming Homestead Eagle Park: 17.9 mi
- Josh VanderYacht Park: 19.1 mi
- Huntingdon Park: 21.7 mi
- Nugent's Corner River Access: 22.4 mi
- Vogler Lake Public Access: 23.1 mi
- Bernard Swinehart Safe: 19.9 mi
- Historic Galbraith Barn Ruins: 21.7 mi
- United We Stand: 21.7 mi
- American Legion Tribute Memorial to Saxon cemetery veterans: 22.6 mi
- Nooksack Ancestors: 22.8 mi
- The Palisades: 6.5 mi
- Park Cliffs: 8.7 mi
- Roman Wall: 9.0 mi
- Winnies Slide: 10.1 mi
- Lee Promontory: 10.8 mi
- Homespun Kinetic Art: 17.9 mi
- Nooksack Totem Pole: 19.5 mi
- The Creation of Life Story Pole: 23.3 mi
- El Pollo: 23.3 mi
- Nooksack Totem Pole: 23.6 mi
- Shuksan Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Austin Pass Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Mount Baker Vista: 8.0 mi
- Liumchen Ecological Reserve: 8.1 mi
- Maple Creek Park: 12.1 mi
- Silver Lake Park: 12.7 mi
- Shadow of the Sentinels: 16.9 mi
- Farmville: 24.1 mi
- School Area: 24.2 mi
- Baker Hot Springs: 11.7 mi
- Black Mountain Forestry Center: 13.1 mi
- Magical Garden: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Nooksack Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baker | S 182° | 3,287 m | 8.9 mi |
| Lahar Lookout | S 181° | 3,069 m | 9.2 mi |
| Sherman Peak | S 181° | 3,020 m | 9.5 mi |
| Colfax Peak | S 190° | 2,851 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Shuksan | ESE 119° | 2,784 m | 10.7 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | SSW 193° | 2,695 m | 9.7 mi |
| Nooksack Tower | ESE 115° | 2,530 m | 11.2 mi |
| American Border Peak | NE 46° | 2,436.6 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:38 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 20:25 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:25 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 08:59 | 16:18 | 17:13 |
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 | 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, 18 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul, Nov — fullest in Jun, leanest in Mar.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 567 | 476 | 430 | 574 | 1,149 | 1,519 | 1,283 | 785 | 586 | 682 | 823 | 669 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Nooksack River BL Cascade Creek NR Glacier, WA, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1919608290
Day trips start here
- Mount Baker · 9 mi
- Sumas · 22 mi
- Northwest Washington · 26 mi
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