Swamp Creek Falls is a waterfall on Swamp Creek in Chelan County, Washington, in the North Cascades region, with a total height of about 275 feet. It lies about 32.9 miles east of Darrington and roughly 61.4 miles east of Marysville as the crow flies.
At 275 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 145th; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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. Swamp Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 650 feet.
There are 183 recorded waterfalls in Chelan County. Mary Green Falls, a segmented horsetail waterfall, is about 3.6 miles away. Blue Mountain Falls, is about 4.1 miles away. Waterfall 29 mi E of Darrington, is about 4.4 miles away.
Swamp Creek Falls is located at 48.2747° N, 120.8867° 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.