Skookum Falls
Washington · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Skookum Falls is light today (24 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
23.8 cfs
HUCKLEBERRY CREEK NEAR GREENWATER, · 1h ago
Overnight
36°F
Mostly Cloudy
Sunday
46°F
Light Rain Likely
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:38 AM · Sunset 6:02 PM · 10h 24m
Snapshot built 7m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS SEW.
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.
USGS gage 12096865 · 1.6 mi away
HUCKLEBERRY CREEK NEAR GREENWATER, WA
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 42.2 cfs · 55% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skookum Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dalles Creek Falls Lower | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Dalles Creek Falls Upper | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Snoquera Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Van Horn Falls | 9 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Upper Van Horn Falls | 9 mi | — | — | N | — |
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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