Perfection Falls is a 66-foot waterfall on Snow Creek in Chelan County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 10.3 miles southwest of Leavenworth and roughly 60.8 miles east of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 66 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 536th of 941. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a horsetail character. It falls in 2 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. Snow Creek carries 7 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 400 feet.
Chelan County holds 183 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Viviane Falls, a 200-foot segmented horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Upper Snow Creek Falls, a 150-foot tiered cascade waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Crystal Creek Falls, is about 2 miles away.
Perfection Falls is located at 47.4800° N, 120.7993° 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 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.