Basin Creek Falls is a waterfall on Basin Creek in Chelan County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 30.5 miles northeast of Darrington and roughly 60.5 miles northeast of Marysville as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is 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. Basin Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls along its course.
Chelan County holds 183 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Pelton Creek Falls, is about 1 miles away. Doubtful Creek Falls, 300 feet high, is about 1.1 miles away. Horseshoe Basin Falls, a segmented horsetail waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away.
Basin Creek Falls is located at 48.4662° N, 121.0174° 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.