Bear Creek Falls is a waterfall on Bear Creek in King County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 15.4 miles northeast of Tanner and roughly 26.1 miles east of Sammamish as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a slide, where the water glides down a smooth, inclined rock surface, combined with a cascade character.
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. Bear Creek carries 14 recorded waterfalls along its course.
King County holds 236 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Paradise Lakes Falls, a 200-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away. Kanim Falls, a 280-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away. Beaverdale Falls, a 141-foot segmented cascade waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away.
Bear Creek Falls is located at 47.6378° N, 121.5190° 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.