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Pilchuck River
Pilchuck River a few miles north of Snohomish
Map of the Pilchuck River highlighted in the Snohomish River watershed
Native name	dxʷkʷiƛ̕əb (Lushootseed)
Location
Country	United States
State	Washington
Region	Snohomish County
Cities	Snohomish, Granite Falls
Physical characteristics

Source	Cascade Range
• coordinates	47°59′19″N 121°40′43″W / 47.98861°N 121.67861°W / 47.98861; -121.67861^[1]
• elevation	2,125 ft (648 m)^[2]

Mouth	Snohomish River
• coordinates	47°54′13″N 122°5′27″W / 47.90361°N 122.09083°W / 47.90361; -122.09083^[1]
• elevation	8 ft (2.4 m)^[2]
Length	40 mi (64 km)^[2]
Basin size	127 sq mi (330 km²)^[3]

Discharge
• average	467 cu ft/s (13.2 m³/s)
• minimum	36 cu ft/s (1.0 m³/s)
• maximum	5,050 cu ft/s (143 m³/s)

The Pilchuck River (Lushootseed: dxʷkʷiƛ̕əb)^[4] is a river in Snohomish County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary of the Snohomish River. The name is derived from the Chinook Jargon pilpil ("blood", "red") and chuck ("water"), or "red water".^[5] The Lushootseed name means "flowing red," kʷiƛ̕ being an archaic term for "red" in Northern Lushootseed.^[6]

Course

The Pilchuck River originates in the Cascade Range. It flows generally west until it reaches Granite Falls, then it turns and flows south, passing by Lochsloy and Machias before emptying into the Snohomish River near Snohomish. The Snohomish River empties into Possession Sound, part of Puget Sound.^[3]

The Pilchuck River flows alongside the Centennial Trail from roughly Machias to Snohomish.

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