May Creek Falls is an 80-foot waterfall on May Creek in Snohomish County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 3.4 miles east of Gold Bar and roughly 25.8 miles northeast of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 80 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 475th of 941. The tallest single drop is 20 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a plunge character. It falls in 4 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; the biggest of them reaches 250 feet.
Snohomish County holds 224 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Isabel Falls, a 250-foot segmented horsetail waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away. Upper Wallace Falls, a 240-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is about 1.8 miles away. Wallace Falls, a 367-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is about 1.8 miles away.
May Creek Falls is located at 47.8542° N, 121.6242° 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.