Lake Creek Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Lake Creek in Chelan County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 26.3 miles northwest of Leavenworth and roughly 50.8 miles east of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 811th of 941. By form it is a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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. Lake Creek carries 11 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 166 feet.
Chelan County holds 183 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Labyrinth Falls, is under a mile away. Little Wenatchee Falls, a 60-foot cascade waterfall, is about 5.1 miles away. Wenatchee Pass Falls, is about 5.6 miles away.
Lake Creek Falls is located at 47.8767° N, 121.0431° 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.