Isabel Falls is a 250-foot waterfall on May Creek in Snohomish County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 4.4 miles east of Gold Bar and roughly 27.1 miles northeast of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 250 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 154th; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. The tallest single drop is 180 feet. By form it is a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls, combined with a horsetail 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. May Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Isabel Falls is the tallest of them.
Snohomish County holds 224 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. May Creek Falls, an 80-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away. Upper Wallace Falls, a 240-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is about 2.1 miles away. Wallace Falls, a 367-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away.
Isabel Falls is located at 47.8653° N, 121.6022° 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.