Roaring Creek Falls is a 50-foot waterfall on Roaring Creek in Kittitas County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 20.1 miles southeast of Riverbend and roughly 39.6 miles southeast of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 50 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 619th of 941. By form it is a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls, combined with a plunge 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. Roaring Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Roaring Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
Kittitas County holds 86 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Waterfall 18 mi SE of Riverbend, is about 2.5 miles away. Meadow Creek Falls, is about 2.8 miles away. Mirror Lake Falls, is about 3.2 miles away.
Roaring Creek Falls is located at 47.3281° N, 121.3714° 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.