Austin Creek Falls is a 47-foot waterfall on Austin Creek in Whatcom County, Washington, in the Puget Lowland region. It lies about 1.3 miles south of Sudden Valley and roughly 7.7 miles southeast of Bellingham as the crow flies.
At 47 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 653rd of 941. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Puget Lowland is a glacially shaped basin of low hills, lakes and wetlands between the Olympics and the Cascades, once covered by Douglas fir and western red cedar and now the most settled part of Washington. Streams here run through terraces of glacial till and outwash, with waterfalls where creeks cut through the deposits.
Whatcom County holds 348 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower West Austin Creek Falls, a 34-foot veiling horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. West Austin Creek Falls, is under a mile away. Sudden Valley Falls, a 93-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is about 1 miles away.
Austin Creek Falls is located at 48.7046° N, 122.3401° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.