Rock Creek Falls is a 125-foot waterfall on Rock Creek in Mason County, Washington, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 14.7 miles northwest of Shelton and roughly 29.7 miles northwest of Olympia as the crow flies.
At 125 feet it is taller than the typical Washington waterfall of about 82 feet, ranking 334th of 941 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 80 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a horsetail character. It falls in 3 drops.
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. Rock Creek carries 17 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 1,180 feet.
Mason County holds 42 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Vincent Creek Falls, a 250-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away. Upper Lake West Falls, is about 2.1 miles away. Lower Lake West Falls, is about 2.4 miles away.
Rock Creek Falls is located at 47.3724° N, 123.3131° 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.