Glacier Falls is a waterfall on Glacier Creek in Snohomish County, Washington, in the North Cascades region, with a total height of about 256 feet. It lies about 17.5 miles northeast of Gold Bar and roughly 37.4 miles east of Marysville as the crow flies.
At 256 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 152nd; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. The tallest single drop is 104 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a cascade character. It falls in 4 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. Glacier Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Glacier Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 224 recorded waterfalls in Snohomish County. Trout Falls, is under a mile away. Sunday Falls, a 373-foot tiered cascade waterfall, is about 1 miles away. Silver Falls, is about 1.3 miles away.
Glacier Falls is located at 47.9865° N, 121.3729° 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.