Upper Olney Falls is a waterfall on Olney Creek in Snohomish County, Washington, in the Puget Lowland region, with a total height of about 27 feet. It lies about 2.1 miles north of Gold Bar and roughly 23.6 miles east of Everett as the crow flies.
At 27 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 802nd of 941. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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. Olney Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 60 feet.
There are 224 recorded waterfalls in Snohomish County. Olney Falls, a 60-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. North Fork Wallace Falls, is about 2.3 miles away. Lower Stickney Ridge Falls, is about 2.6 miles away.
Upper Olney Falls is located at 47.8864° N, 121.7105° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.