Goat Falls is a 400-foot waterfall on Goat Creek in Lewis County, Washington, in the Cascades region. It lies about 36.8 miles west of Tieton and roughly 46.8 miles west of Yakima as the crow flies.
At 400 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 83rd; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Cascades are a high volcanic range of snow-capped peaks, deep glacial valleys and dense conifer forest of Douglas fir, western hemlock and true firs, with abundant rain and snow on the western slopes. Basalt cliffs and lava flows give the region one of the highest concentrations of waterfalls in the country. Goat Creek carries 10 recorded waterfalls, and Goat Falls is the tallest of them.
Lewis County holds 180 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Waterfall 37 mi W of Tieton, is under a mile away. Unnamed waterfall on Lake Creek, is about 1 miles away. Unnamed waterfall on Middle Fork Johnson Creek, is about 1 miles away.
Goat Falls is located at 46.5190° N, 121.4840° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.