Fir Creek Falls is a waterfall on Fir Creek in Mason County, Washington, in the Puget Lowland region, with a total height of about 225 feet. It lies about 12.6 miles northwest of Shelton and roughly 27.5 miles northwest of Olympia as the crow flies.
At 225 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 183rd; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet.
The Puget Lowland is a glacially shaped basin of low hills, lakes and wetlands between the Olympics and the Cascades, once covered by Douglas fir and western red cedar and now the most settled part of Washington. Streams here run through terraces of glacial till and outwash, with waterfalls where creeks cut through the deposits.
There are 42 recorded waterfalls in Mason County. Falls Creek Falls, a 150-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away. Aristine Creek Falls, 90 feet high, is about 1.3 miles away. Lower Lake West Falls, is about 1.5 miles away.
Fir Creek Falls is located at 47.3354° N, 123.3029° 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.