Depot Valley Falls is a waterfall on Custer Fork Depot Creek in Whatcom County, Washington, in the North Cascades region, with a total height of about 423 feet. It lies about 39.4 miles east of Peaceful Valley and roughly 56.9 miles east of Bellingham as the crow flies.
At 423 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 78th; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The North Cascades are a wilderness of jagged peaks, glaciers and deep, forested valleys of western hemlock, silver fir and Douglas fir, with some of the heaviest snowfall in the country. Meltwater from glaciers and snowfields pours down thousands of feet of cliffs in countless cascades and horsetail falls.
There are 348 recorded waterfalls in Whatcom County. Depot Creek Falls, a 948-foot slide horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Lake Fork Falls, 300 feet high, is under a mile away. Silver Lake Falls, a tiered cascade waterfall, is about 2.7 miles away.
Depot Valley Falls is located at 48.9799° N, 121.2812° 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 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.