Van Trump Falls

Mt Rainier National Park / Paradise, Washington, USA

About Van Trump Falls

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Waterfall Safety and Common Sense

Van Trump Falls is a waterfall that I’m giving special attention to because we nearly confused it with Comet Falls.

If not for our prior research before going on this hike, we very well could have ended the Comet Falls hike prematurely!

Rainier_309_08252011 - The Upper Van Trump Falls
The Upper Van Trump Falls

Anyways, the waterfall you see pictured above is the uppermost waterfall that we saw on Van Trump Creek along the Comet Falls trail.

It might also be informally known as Upper Van Trump Falls.

The author of our Pacific Northwest Waterfalls guide (Gregory Plumb) also gave names to the cascades we had noticed on Van Trump Creek further downstream from the falls pictured above.

We had noticed them during our Comet Falls hike but didn’t realize they were given names.

Rainier_217_08252011 - One of the intermediate waterfalls on Van Trump Creek, which might be called the Lower Van Trump Falls
One of the intermediate waterfalls on Van Trump Creek, which might be called the Lower Van Trump Falls

He called them Lower and Middle Van Trump Falls, but to be honest, there were so many cascades on that creek that it was hard to tell them apart.

Authorities

Van Trump Falls resides in Mt Rainier National Park near Puyallup in Pierce County, Washington. It is administered by the National Park Service. For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, visit their website.

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