Washington
Silver Falls
69 mi from Seattle · ~2.0 hr drive
95ft tall
≈ 29 m
≈ 29 m
Silver Falls is a named waterfall in Washington — a 95-foot drop, about 69 miles from Seattle, WA. Full visit details below.
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city
- Seattle, WA · 69 mi · ~2.0 hr drive
- Height
- 95 ft (29 m)
- Coordinates
- 46.7523°, -121.5595°
From Wikipedia: Silver Falls is a waterfall in the Mount Rainier National Park in the State of Washington. The falls were formed as the Ohanapecosh River drops 95 feet into a narrow canyon, the largest of which plunges 40 feet. The Silver Falls loop track has an elevation gain of 350m. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Silver Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Silver Falls
The exact location is at 46.7523°, -121.5595° — 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 — 69 miles away (~2.0 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Silver 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.