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Skookum Falls

Washington · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15

Flow at Skookum Falls is light today (31 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.

Right now

Streamflow

31.1 cfs

HUCKLEBERRY CREEK NEAR GREENWATER, · 1h ago

Overnight

48°F

Cloudy

Thursday

61°F

Mostly Cloudy

Today's daylight

Sunrise 6:37 AM · Sunset 7:30 PM · 12h 53m

AQI: 43 (Good) · PM2.5 9.6 µg/m³

Snapshot built 7m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS SEW.

Skookum Falls, a waterfall in Washington
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Skookum Falls is a waterfall in 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.

Skookum Falls is in Washington. The base sits at roughly 3,004 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 10 minutes from Greenwater. A trail — Skookum Falls Trail — runs within 50 meters of the marked location. It draws modest visitor attention — busier weekends, quiet weekdays. Source records come from OpenStreetMap.

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.

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.

WaterfallDistanceHeightTrailDogsFee
Skookum Falls (this page)
Dalles Creek Falls Lower1 mi
Dalles Creek Falls Upper1 mi
Snoquera Falls1 mi
Van Horn Falls9 miN
Upper Van Horn Falls9 miN

Questions visitors ask about Skookum 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 Skookum Falls from a major city?

Skookum Falls is 7 miles from Greenwater (about 10 minutes' drive).

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Where it is

47.0503, -121.5760

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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