Spectacle Lake Falls is a 54-foot waterfall on Delate Creek in Kittitas County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 22.1 miles east of Tanner and roughly 39.6 miles east of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 54 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 599th of 941. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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. Delate Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 95 feet.
Kittitas County holds 86 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Delate Creek Falls, a 95-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Spectacle Basin Falls, a 67-foot slide horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Middle Lemah Creek Falls, a 107-foot tiered cascade waterfall, is under a mile away.
Spectacle Lake Falls is located at 47.4628° N, 121.2743° 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.