Washington
Sulphide Creek Falls
89 mi from Seattle · ~2.6 hr drive
3,937ft tall
≈ 1200 m
≈ 1200 m
Sulphide Creek Falls is a named waterfall in Washington — a major waterfall standing 3,937 feet tall, about 89 miles from Seattle, WA. Full visit details below.
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city
- Seattle, WA · 89 mi · ~2.6 hr drive
- Height
- 3,937 ft (1200 m)
- Coordinates
- 48.7983°, -121.5762°
From Wikipedia: Sulphide Creek Falls is a tall, moderately large volume waterfall within North Cascades National Park in Washington state that is one of the tallest waterfalls in North America. The falls drop from Sulphide Lake on the southeast side of Mount Shuksan down a narrow flume-like canyon to a broad basin below. Because of the narrow, twisting shape of the canyon the waterfall is exceptionally difficult to see from ground-level perspectives. The total vertical drop of the waterfall is in the range of 2,100 feet (640 m) to 2,200 feet (670 m) feet, but it has not yet been accurately measured. Foot access to the bottom of the waterfall involves 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of off-trail travel in extremely brushy terrain and several potentially dangerous fords of a large stream. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Sulphide Creek Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Sulphide Creek Falls
The exact location is at 48.7983°, -121.5762° — 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.
If you've visited Sulphide Creek Falls and have current notes (parking situation, dog policy, seasonality, kid-friendliness), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn more.
Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Seattle, WA — 89 miles away (~2.6 hr drive).
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Other waterfalls within 30 miles
Rainbow Falls
5 miles from Sulphide Creek Falls · 157 ft
Berdeen Falls
8 miles from Sulphide Creek Falls · 899 ft
Goat Falls
8 miles from Sulphide Creek Falls · 282 ft
Middle Berdeen Falls
8 miles from Sulphide Creek Falls · 85 ft
Upper Green Lake Falls
8 miles from Sulphide Creek Falls · 92 ft
Green Lake Falls
8 miles from Sulphide Creek Falls · 981 ft
Sources
Location and tag data for Sulphide Creek 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.