Berdeen Falls
   Whatcom County, Washington, United States

As Bacon Creek exits Berdeen Lake, it flows over a pair of impressive waterfalls. While not quite on par with nearby Green Lake Falls (then again, not many are), Berdeen Falls does its best not to be outdone. Shortly below Lower Berdeen Lake, Bacon Creek takes a hard left and begins its two-stepped plunge down the headwall of the valley. The falls have three parts. The first drop is a large horsetail which falls about 400 feet. Below this, the creek tumbles down 200 feet of bedrock slides, before reaching another cliff and veiling a sheer 250 feet in a wide wall of water, the total drop being in the vicinity of 850 feet. Like the other waterfalls in the area, Berdeen is hard to reach, but the way the falls twist in the middle makes it especially difficult to approach this one closely. Good, complete cross-valley views of the falls can be had from near Green Lake, but I suspect that reaching the very base of the falls would be prohibitively dangerous. I made an attempt to reach and photograph the falls in late July of 2005, but was foiled by thick brush and steep terrain, so I'll have to wait for another year to get to this one.

HISTORY AND NAMES

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• Berdeen Falls is the Unofficial name of this waterfall

Location and directions

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The best view of the falls will likely be from the ridge adjacent to the outlet of Green Lake. Access to the base of the falls appears to be exceptionally difficult.

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Additional Nearby Waterfalls

Name of Waterfall	Distance
Upper Berdeen Falls	0.61 mi / 0.98 km
Green Lake Falls	1.05 mi / 1.67 km
Bacon Peak Falls	1.89 mi / 3.02 km
Blum Basin Falls	2.1 mi / 3.37 km
Lower Blum Lakes Falls	2.8 mi / 4.47 km
Upper Blum Lakes Falls	2.91 mi / 4.66 km
Blum Creek Falls	3.22 mi / 5.16 km
Hidden Creek Falls	3.73 mi / 5.97 km
Diobsud Falls	4.62 mi / 7.4 km
Upper Scramble Creek Falls	4.97 mi / 7.95 km
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