Kennedy Falls
Washington · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Kennedy Falls is light today (33 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume. October averages 5.1" of precipitation here — expect high flow.
Right now
Streamflow
32.9 cfs
GOLDSBOROUGH CREEK ABOVE 7TH · 1h ago
Overnight
38°F
Rain
Sunday
55°F
Rain
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:44 AM · Sunset 6:08 PM · 10h 24m
Snapshot built 12m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS SEW.
No verified photo yet
Kennedy Falls is a waterfall in Thurston 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.
Kennedy Falls sits in Thurston County, Washington. The base sits at roughly 282 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 10 minutes from McCleary. A trail — Falls Trail — runs within 20 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. It draws modest visitor attention — busier weekends, quiet weekdays. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
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 12076800 · 9.3 mi away
GOLDSBOROUGH CREEK ABOVE 7TH STREET AT SHELTON, WA
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 66.7 cfs · 47% 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 | 45 | 36 | 11.5 | 5.4 |
| Feb | 46 | 35 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| Mar | 50 | 36 | 4.6 | 5 |
| Apr | 55 | 39 | 4.1 | 5 |
| May | 63 | 45 | 2.9 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 69 | 50 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Jul | 78 | 54 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Aug | 78 | 56 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 71 | 53 | 3 | 0 |
| Oct | 60 | 46 | 5.1 | 0 |
| Nov | 48 | 39 | 9.2 | 3.2 |
| Dec | 44 | 36 | 9.3 | 6.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Porter Falls | 10 mi | — | — | — | Free |
| Mima Falls | 12 mi | — | — | — | Free |
| She's a Butte Falls | 22 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Nisqually Falls | 25 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lilliwaup Falls | 27 mi | 466 ft | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Kennedy 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 Kennedy Falls from a major city?
Kennedy Falls is 7 miles from McCleary (about 10 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
47.0775, -123.1269
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikidata (Q114347689)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114347689
GeoNames (5799600)
https://www.geonames.org/5799600/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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