Tin Cup Joe Falls is a waterfall on Cripple Creek in King County, Washington, in the North Cascades region, with a total height of about 463 feet. It lies about 12.3 miles east of Tanner and roughly 29 miles east of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 463 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 73rd; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. The tallest single drop is 229 feet. The water comes down as a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls, combined with a horsetail character. It falls in 5 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. Cripple Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Tin Cup Joe Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 236 recorded waterfalls in King County. Wild Dare Falls, a 391-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Lower Cripple Creek Falls, a 45-foot tiered cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Nine Hour Falls, is about 1.2 miles away.
Tin Cup Joe Falls is located at 47.5128° N, 121.4893° 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.