White Falls is a waterfall on Hilt Creek in Skagit County, Washington, in the North Cascades region, with a total height of about 240 feet. It lies about 12.9 miles north of Darrington and roughly 38.7 miles northeast of Marysville 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 90 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. Hilt Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and White Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 178 recorded waterfalls in Skagit County. Hilt Creek Falls, a 140-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Upper Hilt Creek Falls, a 150-foot tiered cascade waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away. Iron Creek Falls, a 365-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is about 4.7 miles away.
White Falls is located at 48.4414° N, 121.5726° 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.