Wallace Falls
Wallace Falls
2.8km
Total Distance
179m
Elevation Gain
Trail description
A 2.8 km climb of about 180 m from the Wallace Falls State Park entrance near Gold Bar to Lower Wallace Falls, which drops 65 m in five tiers. The park covers 560 ha along the Wallace River on the west side of the Cascades, with three waterfalls, three backcountry lakes and old-growth forest. Higher up are the 112 m Wallace Falls, the highlight of the park, and Upper Wallace Falls. The name Wallace is a corruption of the surname of Joe and Sarah Kwayaylsh, members of the Skykomish tribe and the first homesteaders in the area.
Route Map
Along the trail
- 1Drinking waterat the start
- 2Viewpoint · 0.6km
- 3Viewpoint · 2.3km
- 4Shelterat the end
- 5Lower Wallace Falls Viewpointat the end · Viewpoint
- Parking
- 29m from the start
- Surface
- natural ground 70%, gravel 26%
- Marked route
- Woody Trail
