Salmon Cascades is a 13-foot waterfall on Sol Duc River in Clallam County, Washington, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 21.9 miles east of Forks and roughly 75.6 miles west of Shoreline as the crow flies.
At 13 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 917th of 941. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Sol Duc River carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 48 feet.
Clallam County holds 49 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Waterfall 21 mi W of Port Angeles, is about 3.4 miles away. La Follette Falls, a 150-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 4.1 miles away. Marymere Falls, a 119-foot plunge waterfall, is about 6.5 miles away.
Salmon Cascades is located at 48.0229° N, 123.9244° 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.