SAMISH FALLS

WHATCOM COUNTY

DIRECTIONS - Drive north along I-5 and pull off at the turnout right at milepost 245 just south of Bellingham.   The falls are just off the road.  During the summer the falls are almost impossible to see thanks to the trees covering it.  In the winter the falls can be easily seen from I-5.
LOCATION - Bellingham Area

TYPE - Cascades

HEIGHT - 45'

WIDTH - 5'

RATING - drop.jpg (2030 bytes)

TYPE OF APPROACH - Trail

DIFFICULTY - Easy

NEARBY WATERFALLS - Padden Creek Falls This small stream runs down a nice series of cascades on its way to join Lake Samish.  During the winter the stream flow is pretty small but it never runs dry.  In the wet season this can be a pretty decent little falls.

Above and Left - Bottom of Samish Falls at low flow

Samish Falls at normal water level

Samish Falls at high water level during the winter

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