Upper French Cabin Falls is an 80-foot waterfall on French Cabin Creek in Kittitas County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 14.5 miles northwest of Cle Elum and roughly 48.3 miles southeast of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 80 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 475th of 941. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The North Cascades are a wilderness of jagged peaks, glaciers and deep, forested valleys of western hemlock, silver fir and Douglas fir, with some of the heaviest snowfall in the country. Meltwater from glaciers and snowfields pours down thousands of feet of cliffs in countless cascades and horsetail falls. French Cabin Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Upper French Cabin Falls is the tallest of them.
Kittitas County holds 86 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower French Cabin Falls, a 75-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Thorp Creek Falls, is about 1 miles away. Cooper Falls, a 45-foot veiling cascade waterfall, is about 4.2 miles away.
Upper French Cabin Falls is located at 47.3584° N, 121.1346° 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.