Mazama Falls
Washington · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Mazama Falls is 114 cfs today, around its seasonal average.
Right now
Streamflow
114 cfs
NF NOOKSACK RIVER BL · 53m ago
Overnight
34°F
Rain And Snow Likely
Sunday
38°F
Rain And Snow Likely
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:42 AM · Sunset 5:59 PM · 10h 18m
Snapshot built 11m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS SEW.
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Mazama Falls is a waterfall in Whatcom 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.
Mazama Falls sits in Whatcom County, Washington. It drops along Wells Creek. The base sits at roughly 4,002 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 13 minutes from Glacier. No mapped trail runs within 200 meters — expect bushwhacking or off-trail navigation to reach the lip. 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.
Mazama Falls, also referred to more simply as Wells Creek Falls, is a waterfall on Wells Creek in the U.S. state of Washington. At nearly 500 feet (150 m) high, it is said to be the largest waterfall in the Wells Creek watershed.
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 12205000 · 6.1 mi away
NF NOOKSACK RIVER BL CASCADE CREEK NR GLACIER, WA
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 963 cfs · 12% of last year — significantly drier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazama Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nooksack Falls | 5 mi | 89 ft | — | Y | Free |
| Rainbow Falls | 6 mi | 157 ft | — | Y | Free |
| Upper Morovitz Falls | 7 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| Lower Morovitz Falls | 7 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| Sulphide Creek Falls | 8 mi | 3,937 ft | no trail | N | $30 |
Questions visitors ask about Mazama 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 Mazama Falls from a major city?
Mazama Falls is 9 miles from Glacier (about 13 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
48.8499, -121.7405
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazama_Falls
Wikidata (Q38086)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38086
GeoNames (5802697)
https://www.geonames.org/5802697/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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