Whinnimic Falls
Washington · 350-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Whinnimic Falls is 110 cfs today, around its seasonal average.
Right now
Streamflow
110 cfs
SF SNOQUALMIE RIVER AB · 1h ago
Overnight
34°F
Mostly Cloudy
Sunday
44°F
Partly Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:09 AM · Sunset 8:58 PM · 15h 50m
Snapshot built 3m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PDT.
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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 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: 265 cfs · 25% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Similar height (~350 ft)
- Spray Falls354 ft
- American Falls361 ft
- Giant Falls363 ft
- Upper Foss River Falls337 ft
- Marten Buttes 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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