Kennedy Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on Kennedy Creek in Thurston County, Washington, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 6.7 miles east of McCleary and roughly 10.8 miles west of Olympia as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a plunge character.
The Coast Range is a belt of steep, deeply dissected hills along the Pacific, wrapped in dense temperate rainforest of Douglas fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and red alder. Heavy winter rain feeds short, fast creeks lined with ferns, salmonberry and moss that drop steeply toward the ocean or the Columbia. Kennedy Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls along its course.
There are 14 recorded waterfalls in Thurston County. Perry Creek Falls, 50 feet high, is about 5.3 miles away. Porter Falls, is about 9.6 miles away. Tumwater Falls, a 26-foot segmented plunge waterfall, is about 11.3 miles away.
Kennedy Falls is located at 47.0774° N, 123.1266° 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.