McCoy Creek Falls is a waterfall on McCoy Creek in Snohomish County, Washington, in the Puget Lowland region, with a total height of about 45 feet. It lies about 1.3 miles south of Sultan and roughly 18.2 miles northeast of Redmond as the crow flies.
At 45 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 657th of 941. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Puget Lowland is a glacially shaped basin of low hills, lakes and wetlands between the Olympics and the Cascades, once covered by Douglas fir and western red cedar and now the most settled part of Washington. Streams here run through terraces of glacial till and outwash, with waterfalls where creeks cut through the deposits. McCoy Creek carries 6 recorded waterfalls, and McCoy Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 224 recorded waterfalls in Snohomish County. Marckworth Falls, a 15-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Youngs Creek Falls, a 25-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is about 2.5 miles away. Cedar Ponds Falls, is about 2.8 miles away.
McCoy Creek Falls is located at 47.8436° N, 121.8223° 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.