North Fork Falls is a 58-foot waterfall on North Fork Sauk River in Snohomish County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 15.3 miles southeast of Darrington and roughly 37.4 miles east of Marysville as the crow flies.
At 58 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 581st of 941. By form it is a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face, combined with a punchbowl 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. North Fork Sauk River carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 67 feet.
Snohomish County holds 224 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower North Fork Falls, a 67-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Lower Chocwich Falls, a 132-foot segmented horsetail waterfall, is about 2.2 miles away. Chocwich Falls, a horsetail waterfall, is about 2.2 miles away.
North Fork Falls is located at 48.0975° N, 121.3693° 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.