Preston Falls is a 135-foot waterfall in three horsetail steps on Preston Creek near Entiat in Chelan County, Washington. It sits on private property directly behind a private residence, and is closed to all public access.
The falls
The World Waterfall Database cites lidar data showing Preston Creek dropping a cumulative 135 feet in three distinct steps, a narrow stream averaging about 5 feet wide. An earlier figure was 80 feet. The creek is fed by runoff, and the low flow drops to zero.
Getting there
There is no public access. The falls are posted private land, closed to visitors since at least the early 2000s. A partial view once existed from Entiat River Road, but trees had screened it off by 2006.
When to go
Winter and spring provide the season with flow, when runoff feeds the creek before the volume drops to zero later in the year.
History and name
An early twentieth-century postcard of uncertain date calls the falls Cecilia Falls. The name Preston Falls appears on the 1968 Brief quadrangle map.
Nearby
Mott Creek Falls is about 0.8 mile away, Brennegan Creek Falls about 0.9 mile, and Tyee Falls about 1.6 miles.
Distances are straight-line.