Upper Cherry Creek Falls is a waterfall on Cherry Creek in King County, Washington, in the Puget Lowland region, with a total height of about 25 feet. It lies about 6.3 miles northeast of Lake Marcel-Stillwater and roughly 14.3 miles northeast of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 811th of 941. The water comes down as a veiling waterfall, a thin sheet of water spread over the rock face, combined with a horsetail character.
The Puget Lowland is a glacially shaped basin of low hills, lakes and wetlands between the Olympics and the Cascades, once covered by Douglas fir and western red cedar and now the most settled part of Washington. Streams here run through terraces of glacial till and outwash, with waterfalls where creeks cut through the deposits. Cherry Creek carries 5 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 78 feet.
There are 236 recorded waterfalls in King County. Cherry Lake Falls, a 78-foot segmented horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Upper Cherry Lake Falls, is under a mile away. Cherry Creek Falls, a 25-foot segmented plunge waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away.
Upper Cherry Creek Falls is located at 47.7673° N, 121.8356° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.