Silver Creek Falls
Silver Creek Falls is a waterfall in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. South Twin stands 2,123 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellow Rock, a artwork 1.1 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 128 feet
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 17.8 mi off the ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC
- 23.4 mi off the ANACORTES TO SAN JUAN ISLANDS
- 23.9 mi off the San Juan Islands
Overlooks nearby
- Madrone Crest Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Burnout knob · 5 mi
- Inspiration Point · 5 mi
- Chuckanut Drive Heritage Marker · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Chuckanut Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Sehome Hill: 5.2 mi
- Squalicum Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Toad Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Samish Park: 1.9 mi
- Lake Padden Park: 2.5 mi
- Dittrich Park: 2.7 mi
- Sofield Park: 3.4 mi
- Squires Lake Park: 3.6 mi
- Yellow Rock: 1.1 mi
- Scorpion: 1.2 mi
- Unemployment Line: 1.2 mi
- Evolution: 1.2 mi
- Pump Track: 1.2 mi
- Stimpson Family Nature Reserve: 2.8 mi
- Lookout Mountain Open Space: 3.5 mi
- Samish Glen Open Space: 4.1 mi
- Pacific View Open Space: 4.3 mi
- Pacific View Ravine: 4.3 mi
- Softball Hall of Fame: 5.2 mi
- Avalanche Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Fairhaven Arch: 5.5 mi
- Old School Arch: 5.6 mi
- Peace Pole: 5.8 mi
- Public Access Beach: 3.8 mi
- dogfish beach: 5.8 mi
- Dogfish beach south: 5.8 mi
- Cornwall Beach: 5.9 mi
- Squalicum Beach: 7.7 mi
- Spark Museum of Electrical Invention: 5.9 mi
- Lightcatcher: 6.0 mi
- Old City Hall: 6.0 mi
- Whatcom Museum at Old City Hall: 6.0 mi
- Old Fire Station No. 1: 6.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 12.4 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 16.5 mi
- Main Wall East: 19.9 mi
- Snag Buttress: 19.9 mi
- I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 2.9 mi
- Sedro Woolley Rodeo Grounds: 14.7 mi
- Stoney Ridge Farm: 14.8 mi
- Samson Estates Winery: 15.0 mi
- Dan Cramer's Western Town: 15.5 mi
- York Community Farm: 5.3 mi
- Biology garden plot: 5.4 mi
- WeGrow Garden: 5.8 mi
- Cornwall Rose Garden: 6.7 mi
- Samish Island Acres Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Chuckanut Falls: 3.9 mi
- Whirlpool Falls: 4.6 mi
- Anderson Falls: 8.3 mi
- Hard Scrabble Falls: 8.5 mi
- Racehorse Falls: 17.5 mi
- Park: 5.6 mi
- Standard: 9.2 mi
- Goshen: 11.4 mi
- Whitney: 17.3 mi
- Skagit City: 21.4 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Green Point Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Rosario Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Mount Baker Vista: 23.4 mi
- Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area: 7.6 mi
- Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area: 7.9 mi
- Custer Northbound Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Custer Southbound Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Silver Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Twin | E 87° | 2,123 m | 18.2 mi |
| North Twin | E 85° | 2,024 m | 17.8 mi |
| Skookum Peak | E 88° | 2,018 m | 18.4 mi |
| Little Sister | E 90° | 2,012 m | 18.7 mi |
| Jaw's Tooth | E 88° | 1,981 m | 18.4 mi |
| Kloke Peak | E 89° | 1,975 m | 18.2 mi |
| Cinderella Peak | E 90° | 1,975 m | 18.9 mi |
| Barbara Peak | E 96° | 1,835 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:41 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:27 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:21 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 42 | 46 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 64 | 59 | 52 | 46 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellingham 3 SSW, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Mar — fullest in Nov, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Euclid CR AT Euclid Ave AT Bellingham, WA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5645135251
Day trips start here
- Bellingham · 7 mi
- Edison · 9 mi
- Northwest Washington · 10 mi
- Lummi Island · 13 mi
- Ferndale · 14 mi
- Burlington · 15 mi
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