Sunset Falls
Washington · 104-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Sunset Falls is 387 cfs today, around its seasonal average. October averages 10.6" of precipitation here — expect high flow.
Right now
Streamflow
387 cfs
SKYKOMISH RIVER NEAR GOLD · 39m ago
Overnight
41°F
Slight Chance Light Rain
Sunday
53°F
Chance Light Rain
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:39 AM · Sunset 6:00 PM · 10h 22m
Snapshot built 6m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS SEW.
Sunset Falls is a waterfall in Snohomish County, Washington. It drops roughly 104 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Sunset Falls sits in Snohomish County, Washington. It drops along Sunset Falls is the final of the three waterfalls on the South Fork. The base sits at roughly 626 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 6 minutes from Baring. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 50 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. 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.
Sunset Falls is the final of the three waterfalls on the South Fork Skykomish River. The falls drop 104 feet (32 m) in a long, narrow, powerful chute. The river is thought to attain speeds of 60 kilometres (37 mi) an hour and the chute is nearly 300 feet (91 m) long. In high water, because of several potholes in the falls, water can sometimes shoot out as much as 30 feet.
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 12134500 · 5.9 mi away
SKYKOMISH RIVER NEAR GOLD BAR, WA
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 2,840 cfs · 14% 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 | 43 | 33 | 17.3 | 4.8 |
| Feb | 43 | 32 | 13.3 | 4 |
| Mar | 49 | 34 | 7.8 | 1.2 |
| Apr | 53 | 36 | 7 | 0.4 |
| May | 62 | 43 | 6.5 | 0 |
| Jun | 68 | 51 | 6.3 | 0 |
| Jul | 77 | 56 | 1.6 | 0 |
| Aug | 77 | 57 | 2.4 | 0 |
| Sep | 72 | 53 | 5.4 | 0 |
| Oct | 61 | 46 | 10.6 | 0 |
| Nov | 48 | 36 | 15.7 | 1.4 |
| Dec | 42 | 33 | 16.4 | 5.4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Falls (this page) | — | 104 ft | — | — | — |
| Canyon Falls | 1 mi | 42 ft | — | — | — |
| Bridal Veil Falls-Lower East Cascade | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Bridal Veil Falls-Mine Cascade | 1 mi | 1,291 ft | — | — | — |
| Bridal Veil Falls-Upper Cascade | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Logjam Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
Side-by-side comparisons
Sunset Falls compared head-to-head with other documented falls — height, access, fees, dogs, swimmability in one row each.
Related waterfalls
Similar height (~104 ft)
- Beatson Falls104 ft
- Middle North Falls105 ft
- Treasure Falls105 ft
- Burden Falls102 ft
- Metlako Falls102 ft
Questions visitors ask about Sunset Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How tall is Sunset Falls?
Sunset Falls is 104 feet (31.7 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Sunset Falls from a major city?
Sunset Falls is 4 miles from Baring (about 6 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
47.8042, -121.5493
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Falls
Wikidata (Q37999)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37999
GeoNames (5555323)
https://www.geonames.org/5555323/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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