Upper Foss River Falls
Washington · 337-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Upper Foss River Falls is 330 cfs today, around its seasonal average.
Right now
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- Air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups (AQI 125). Sensitive groups should limit time outside.
Streamflow
330 cfs
SOUTH FORK SKYKOMISH RIVER · 29m ago
Overnight
64°F
Patchy Smoke
Wednesday
85°F
Patchy Smoke
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:30 AM · Sunset 8:52 PM · 15h 23m
Snapshot built 3m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS SEW.
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Upper Foss River Falls is a waterfall in Washington. It drops roughly 337 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.
Upper Foss River Falls is in Washington. The base sits at roughly 3,126 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 20 minutes from Baring. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 690 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.
Foss River Falls is a 650-foot (200 m) drop on the West Fork Foss River in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, King County, Washington. Its sources are at Delta Lake, and the 70-foot (21 m)-wide drop flows year-round. The waterfall is split into two parts. Each part is split into several tiers.
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 12131500 · 8.1 mi away
SOUTH FORK SKYKOMISH RIVER AT SKYKOMISH, WA
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 414 cfs · 82% 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 Foss River Falls (this page) | — | 337 ft | — | — | — |
| Lower Foss River Falls | 0 mi | 251 ft | — | — | — |
| Big Heart Falls | 1 mi | 1,262 ft | — | — | — |
| Lower Copper Falls | 1 mi | 46 ft | — | — | — |
| Middle Copper Falls | 1 mi | 49 ft | — | — | — |
| Upper Copper Falls | 1 mi | 39 ft | — | — | — |
Related waterfalls
Similar height (~337 ft)
- Falls Creek Falls335 ft
- Falling Water Cascades328 ft
- Whinnimic Falls350 ft
- Great Falls320 ft
- Lower Yosemite Fall320 ft
Questions visitors ask about Upper Foss River 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 Upper Foss River Falls?
Upper Foss River Falls is 337 feet (102.7 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Upper Foss River Falls from a major city?
Upper Foss River Falls is 14 miles from Baring (about 20 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
47.5982, -121.3145
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foss_River_Falls
Wikidata (Q37532)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37532
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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