Jordan Creek Falls is a 588-foot waterfall on Jordan Creek in Skagit County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 18 miles northeast of Darrington and roughly 46.6 miles northeast of Marysville as the crow flies.
At 588 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 63rd; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. By form it is a veiling waterfall, a thin sheet of water spread over the rock face, 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. Jordan Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Jordan Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
Skagit County holds 178 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Falls Lake Falls, a 770-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Middle Falls Lake Falls, is under a mile away. Upper Falls Lake Falls, is about 1.2 miles away.
Jordan Creek Falls is located at 48.4738° N, 121.3859° 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.