Whinnimic Falls
Washington · 350-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Whinnimic Falls is light today (25 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume. October averages 9.2 snow days here.
Right now
Streamflow
24.6 cfs
SF SNOQUALMIE RIVER AB · 54m ago
Overnight
35°F
Mostly Cloudy
Sunday
39°F
Chance Rain And Snow Showers
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:37 AM · Sunset 6:00 PM · 10h 23m
Snapshot built 5m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PDT.
No verified photo yet
Whinnimic Falls is a waterfall in Washington. It drops roughly 350 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.
Whinnimic Falls is in Washington. It drops along Whinnimic Falls is a waterfall in the headwaters of Lemah Creek. The base sits at roughly 4,274 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 12 minutes from Snoqualmie Pass. No mapped trail runs within 200 meters — expect bushwhacking or off-trail navigation to reach the lip. 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.
Whinnimic Falls is a waterfall in the headwaters of Lemah Creek in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area. It is set in a narrow valley below Lemah Mountain. The falls are one of two in the valley, the other being the smaller Upper Lemah Valley Falls. Whinnimic Falls plunges about 350 feet (110 m) off a vertical cliff, onto a valley floor dotted with ponds and grassy meadows. The stream heads in two tarns and the remains of a small glacier.
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 12143400 · 15 mi away
SF SNOQUALMIE RIVER AB ALICE CREEK NEAR GARCIA, WA
— Distant gauge — proxy reading, not on the same drainage.
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 196 cfs · 13% 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 | 31 | 22 | 14.3 | 24 |
| Feb | 30 | 20 | 12.7 | 22.6 |
| Mar | 35 | 22 | 6.2 | 20.6 |
| Apr | 40 | 25 | 5.7 | 18 |
| May | 49 | 33 | 4.8 | 11.2 |
| Jun | 58 | 40 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| Jul | 68 | 48 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Aug | 68 | 48 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Sep | 62 | 43 | 3.5 | 1.8 |
| Oct | 50 | 35 | 7.6 | 9.2 |
| Nov | 35 | 24 | 12.9 | 20 |
| Dec | 30 | 21 | 13 | 23 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whinnimic Falls (this page) | — | 350 ft | — | — | — |
| Iceberg Lake Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Nellie Falls | 4 mi | 150 ft | — | Y | Free |
| Rampart Falls | 5 mi | 644 ft | — | — | — |
| Laura Falls | 7 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| Rocky Run Falls | 7 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
Related waterfalls
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- Spray Falls354 ft
- Giant Falls363 ft
- Upper Foss River Falls337 ft
- Marten Buttes Falls364 ft
- Winn Falls364 ft
Questions visitors ask about Whinnimic 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 Whinnimic Falls?
Whinnimic Falls is 350 feet (106.7 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Whinnimic Falls from a major city?
Whinnimic Falls is 8 miles from Snoqualmie Pass (about 12 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
47.4837, -121.2820
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whinnimic_Falls
Wikidata (Q37392)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37392
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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