Chelan Falls is a 230-foot waterfall on Chelan River in Chelan County, Washington, in the Columbia Plateau region. It lies about 2.3 miles southeast of Chelan and roughly 87 miles north of Yakima as the crow flies.
At 230 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 178th; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. The tallest single drop is 20 feet. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
The Columbia Plateau is a vast expanse of layered basalt flows covered by sagebrush steppe, grassland and dryland wheat. Waterfalls here drop over basalt cliffs in coulees and river canyons carved by ancient floods.
Chelan County holds 183 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Granite Falls, is about 11.8 miles away. Poison Creek Falls, is about 16.8 miles away. Dutch Henry Falls, a 110-foot plunge waterfall, is about 18.3 miles away.
Chelan Falls is located at 47.8123° N, 119.9904° 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.