Big Brother Falls is a 22-foot waterfall on White Salmon River in Klickitat County, Washington, in the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills region. It lies about 11.8 miles north of White Salmon and roughly 52.6 miles northeast of Gresham as the crow flies.
At 22 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 844th of 941. By form it is a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
The Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills lie in the rain shadow of the Cascade crest, with open ponderosa pine forest, lodgepole pine and dry meadows on volcanic terrain. Spring-fed rivers on the porous lava ground stay remarkably steady through the year. White Salmon River carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Big Brother Falls is the tallest of them.
Klickitat County holds 19 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Double Drop, is under a mile away. BZ Falls, a 14-foot plunge punchbowl waterfall, is about 2.7 miles away. Husum Falls, a 12-foot cascade waterfall, is about 6.9 miles away.
Big Brother Falls is located at 45.8986° N, 121.5056° 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.