Upper Wallace Falls is a waterfall on Wallace River in Snohomish County, Washington, in the North Cascades region, with a total height of about 240 feet. It lies about 2.7 miles northeast of Gold Bar and roughly 25.9 miles northeast of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 240 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 171st; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. The tallest single drop is 83 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a horsetail character. It falls in 5 drops.
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. Wallace River carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 367 feet.
There are 224 recorded waterfalls in Snohomish County. Wallace Falls, a 367-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Lower Wallace Falls, a 212-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. North Fork Wallace Falls, is under a mile away.
Upper Wallace Falls is located at 47.8757° N, 121.6450° 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.