Mineral Creek Falls is a waterfall on Mineral Creek in Jefferson County, Washington, in the Coast Range region, with a total height of about 66 feet. It lies about 23.9 miles east of Forks and roughly 72 miles west of Shoreline as the crow flies.
At 66 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 536th of 941. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Coast Range is a belt of steep, deeply dissected hills along the Pacific, wrapped in dense temperate rainforest of Douglas fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and red alder. Heavy winter rain feeds short, fast creeks lined with ferns, salmonberry and moss that drop steeply toward the ocean or the Columbia. Mineral Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Mineral Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 131 recorded waterfalls in Jefferson County. Little Mineral Falls, an 89-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Jackson Creek Falls, is about 2 miles away. Hoh Lake Falls, is about 4.8 miles away.
Mineral Creek Falls is located at 47.8696° N, 123.8844° 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.