Big Four Falls is a 300-foot waterfall in Snohomish County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 14.4 miles south of Darrington and roughly 30.1 miles east of Marysville as the crow flies.
At 300 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 121st; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. By form it is a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls, combined with a horsetail 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.
Snohomish County holds 224 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Rucker Falls, a 1,000-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Hoodoo Falls, is under a mile away. Williamson Falls, 200 feet high, is about 1.3 miles away.
Big Four Falls is located at 48.0539° N, 121.5255° 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 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.