Silver Falls is a 105-foot waterfall on Silver Creek in Whatcom County, Washington, in the Puget Lowland region. It lies about 2.8 miles southwest of Sudden Valley and roughly 6.6 miles southeast of Bellingham as the crow flies.
At 105 feet it is taller than the typical Washington waterfall of about 82 feet, ranking 388th of 941 with a recorded height. By form it is a veiling waterfall, a thin sheet of water spread over the rock face, combined with a horsetail character.
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. Silver Creek carries 9 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 120 feet.
Whatcom County holds 348 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Waterfall 3 mi SW of Sudden Valley, is under a mile away. Sudden Valley Falls, a 93-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is about 2 miles away. West Austin Creek Falls, is about 2.1 miles away.
Silver Falls is located at 48.6923° N, 122.3855° 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.