Devil Falls is a 28-foot waterfall on Finney Creek in Skagit County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 13.8 miles northwest of Darrington and roughly 32.1 miles northeast of Marysville as the crow flies.
At 28 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 796th of 941. The tallest single drop is 17 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a plunge character. It falls in 2 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. Finney Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Devil Falls is the tallest of them.
Skagit County holds 178 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Angel Falls, a 129-foot veiling horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Washington Falls, a 53-foot segmented horsetail waterfall, is about 1.8 miles away. Big Fir Falls, a 19-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away.
Devil Falls is located at 48.4249° N, 121.7612° 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.