Washington
Otter Falls
40 mi from Seattle · ~1.2 hr drive
1,200ft tall
≈ 366 m
≈ 366 m
Otter Falls is a named waterfall in Washington — a major waterfall standing 1,200 feet tall, about 40 miles from Seattle, WA. Full visit details below.
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city
- Seattle, WA · 40 mi · ~1.2 hr drive
- Height
- 1,200 ft (366 m)
- Coordinates
- 47.5900°, -121.4677°
From Wikipedia: Otter Falls is a waterfall in King County, Washington; on the southern wall of Mount Anderson. It drops about 1,600 feet (490 m) in all, but due to the relatively moderate pitch of the mountainside, only about 1/3 of the total height can be seen from the ground. The drainage of Otter Creek, which feeds the falls, is fairly small, and consists mostly of granite which does not retain water. Therefore, the waterfall relies entirely on snowmelt to flow and often dries up by July. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Otter Falls (Washington), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Otter Falls
The exact location is at 47.5900°, -121.4677° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Seattle, WA — 40 miles away (~1.2 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Otter Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.