Otter Falls (also Otter Slide, Otter Slide Falls or Otter Creek Falls) is a waterfall in
King County
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Washington
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; on the southern wall of Mount Anderson. It drops about in all, but due to the relatively moderate pitch of the mountainside, only about 1/3 of the total height can be seen from the ground. The drainage of Otter Creek, which feeds the falls, is fairly small, and consists mostly of
granite
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which does not retain water. Therefore, the waterfall relies entirely on snowmelt to flow and often dries up by July.
Otter Creek is a tributary of the
Taylor River that flows about off Mount Anderson, 1/2 of which is spent tumbling off these falls.
Notes
Waterfalls of King County, Washington
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