Eagle Falls
Washington · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Eagle Falls is light today (8 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
7.56 cfs
SOUTH FORK TOLT RIVER · 1h ago
Overnight
54°F
Mostly Clear
Friday
73°F
Mostly Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:17 AM · Sunset 9:04 PM · 15h 47m
Snapshot built 11m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS SEW.
Eagle Falls is a waterfall in Snohomish County, Washington. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Eagle Falls sits in Snohomish County, Washington. It drops along Eagle Falls is the uppermost waterfall on the South Fork. The base sits at roughly 813 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 3 minutes from Baring. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 80 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Eagle Falls is the uppermost waterfall on the South Fork Skykomish River in Washington. The falls are located downstream from the town of Baring and drop about 25 feet in a high volume cascade.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 12147600 · 7.3 mi away
SOUTH FORK TOLT RIVER NEAR INDEX, WA
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 13.7 cfs · 62% of last year — significantly drier
When to go (from the climate data, not our opinion)
Monthly averages from Open-Meteo's reanalysis dataset (2020–2024). Highlighted months are when we think the waterfall is at its best — but the numbers are the numbers regardless.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip (in) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43 | 33 | 17.3 | 22.2 |
| Feb | 43 | 32 | 14.2 | 21.8 |
| Mar | 49 | 34 | 8 | 20 |
| Apr | 53 | 36 | 7.1 | 14.2 |
| May | 62 | 43 | 6.6 | 5.8 |
| Jun | 69 | 51 | 6.3 | 0.8 |
| Jul | 78 | 57 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Aug | 78 | 58 | 2.5 | 0 |
| Sep | 73 | 54 | 5.7 | 0 |
| Oct | 62 | 46 | 10.9 | 5.6 |
| Nov | 48 | 36 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
| Dec | 43 | 33 | 16.6 | 21.2 |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Canyon Falls | 1 mi | 42 ft | — | — | — |
| Sunset Falls | 2 mi | 104 ft | — | — | — |
| Bridal Veil Falls-Lower East Cascade | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Bridal Veil Falls-Mine Cascade | 3 mi | 1,291 ft | — | — | — |
| Bridal Veil Falls-Upper Cascade | 3 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Eagle Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Eagle Falls from a major city?
Eagle Falls is 2 miles from Baring (about 3 minutes' drive).
More waterfalls in Washington
Where it is
47.7959, -121.5144
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Falls_(Washington)
Wikidata (Q38002)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38002
GeoNames (5793035)
https://www.geonames.org/5793035/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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