Holden Creek Falls is a 500-foot waterfall on Holden Creek in Chelan County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 35.9 miles east of Darrington and roughly 63.4 miles east of Marysville as the crow flies.
At 500 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 68th; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a cascade 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.
Chelan County holds 183 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Railroad Creek Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Mary Green Falls, a segmented horsetail waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Martin Peak Falls, is about 1.8 miles away.
Holden Creek Falls is located at 48.2160° N, 120.8234° 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.