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.

Expect dry conditions today — don't drive out for this one. Flow is at 32.4 cfs (bottom 13% of the last 30 days, vs. 33.3 cfs average). The 7-day NOAA forecast shows no significant rain.

Right now

Streamflow

32.9 cfs

GOLDSBOROUGH CREEK ABOVE 7TH · 1h ago

Overnight

56°F

Mostly Cloudy

Thursday

73°F

Mostly Cloudy

Today's daylight

Sunrise 6:43 AM · Sunset 7:36 PM · 12h 53m

AQI: 37 (Good) · PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³

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
View live discharge data →

30-day streamflow

Near 30-day average

2026-08-11 · low 31.8 cfstoday 32.4 cfs · avg 33.3 cfs

↻ Same date last year: 34 cfs · 95% of last year — similar

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	55	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.

Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15

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