Teepee Falls is a 51-foot waterfall on Big Creek in Skagit County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 9.6 miles northeast of Darrington and roughly 39.5 miles northeast of Marysville as the crow flies.
At 51 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 614th of 941. The tallest single drop is 21 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a cascade character. It falls in 3 drops.
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. Big Creek carries 13 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 400 feet.
Skagit County holds 178 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Bryson Falls, a 137-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is about 1.8 miles away. Prairie Mountain Falls, is about 2.2 miles away. Huckleberry Falls, a 400-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is about 2.6 miles away.
Teepee Falls is located at 48.3436° N, 121.4403° 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.