White Creek Falls is a waterfall on White Creek in Jefferson County, Washington, in the North Cascades region, with a total height of about 200 feet. It lies about 24.5 miles west of Seabeck and roughly 47.1 miles west of Shoreline as the crow flies.
At 200 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 199th; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. The water comes down as 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.
There are 131 recorded waterfalls in Jefferson County. Waterfall 24 mi W of Seabeck, is under a mile away. Valkyrie Falls, a 600-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Waterfall 26.2 mi W of Seabeck, is about 1.7 miles away.
White Creek Falls is located at 47.6867° N, 123.3506° 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.