Ferndale is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States, with a population of 15,840 according to the 2022 census. It is the third largest city in Whatcom County and is situated near the Lummi Nation within the Bellingham Metropolitan Area.

Whatcom County is a county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington, bordered by the Lower Mainland of British Columbia to the north, Okanogan County to the east, Skagit County to the south, San Juan County across Rosario Strait to the southwest, and the Strait of Georgia to the west. Its county seat and largest population center is the coastal city of Bellingham, comprising the Bellingham, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and as of the 2020 census, the county's population was 226,847.