Wallace Falls State Park, Public recreation area with waterfalls in Snohomish County, Washington.
Wallace Falls State Park is a recreation area along the Wallace River in the Cascade Mountains featuring three waterfalls that drop through dense forest. The park offers hiking trails, biking paths, and places to stay including campgrounds and cabins for visitors.
Washington state bought the land from the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in 1971, creating the park. Logging before that purchase left railroad trestle ruins, disused railroad grades and springboard notches in stumps, which visitors can still see along the trails.
The name "Wallace" is an English rendering of the surname of Joe and Sarah Kwayaylsh, Skykomish people who were the area's first homesteaders. Their name was altered by later record-keepers, and the park now carries the changed form.
The trails rise through different elevations and can be slippery, especially after rain. Visitors should wear sturdy shoes and arrive early in the day to secure parking spots.
The park holds three separate waterfalls, not one: Upper Wallace Falls drops 240 feet in five tiers and cannot be seen in full, Lower Wallace Falls falls 212 feet in five tiers, and the 367-foot main falls splits into three sections. The largest single drop is 265 feet, visible from the Skykomish Valley.
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