Purvis Falls is a 402-foot waterfall in King County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 20.5 miles northeast of Tanner and roughly 33.1 miles east of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 402 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 82nd; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. By form it is a slide, where the water glides down a smooth, inclined rock surface, 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.
King County holds 236 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Hinter Falls, a 291-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Great Falls, is under a mile away. Waterfall 20 mi NE of Tanner, is about 1 mile away.
Purvis Falls is located at 47.6298° N, 121.3705° 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 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.