Upper Comet Falls
Washington · height not recorded · Mount Rainier National Park · Last verified 2026-05-15
Upper Comet Falls is at 978 cfs of flow today, on the upper end of typical conditions.
Right now
Streamflow
978 cfs
COWLITZ RIVER AT PACKWOOD, · 50m ago
Overnight
42°F
Mostly Clear
Friday
54°F
Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:23 AM · Sunset 9:01 PM · 15h 38m
Other park alerts
Snapshot built 4m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS SEW.
Upper Comet 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.
Upper Comet Falls is in Washington. It drops along It is located along Van Trump Creek. The falls are inside Mount Rainier National Park, a US National Park. The base sits at roughly 5,494 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 17 minutes from Ashford. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 120 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.
Upper Comet Falls is a waterfall in Pierce County, Washington. It is located along Van Trump Creek and is located a ways above Comet Falls. The falls may have been formed as a result of the floods of 2003 and 2006 that came down Van Trump Creek.
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 14226500 · 13.7 mi away
COWLITZ RIVER AT PACKWOOD, WA
— Distant gauge — proxy reading, not on the same drainage.
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 908 cfs · 109% of last year — similar
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Comet Falls (this page) | — | — | — | N | — |
| Comet Falls | 0 mi | 381 ft | — | N | — |
| Bloucher Falls | 0 mi | 121 ft | — | N | — |
| Kautz Creek Falls | 1 mi | 394 ft | — | N | — |
| East Van Trump Park Falls | 1 mi | — | — | N | — |
| West Van Trump Park Falls | 1 mi | — | — | N | — |
Questions visitors ask about Upper Comet Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
Is Upper Comet Falls in a national or state park?
Yes — Upper Comet Falls is inside Mount Rainier National Park. See the park page for fees, hours, and current conditions.
Can I bring my dog to Upper Comet Falls?
No — dogs are not allowed on trails here. Most National Park trails prohibit pets to protect wildlife. Service animals are an exception per ADA.
How far is Upper Comet Falls from a major city?
Upper Comet Falls is 12 miles from Ashford (about 17 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
46.7997, -121.7783
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Comet_Falls
Wikidata (Q37409)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37409
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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