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Laughing Jacobs Falls   (Confirmed)
   King County, Washington

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Laughing Jacob's Falls is one of the last of the more urban waterfalls to be left untouched by nearby development. Though there is a large gated community situated just upstream, the canyon around the falls is still remarkably wild. This also means that the falls are not easy to reach at all. Laughing Jacob's Creek, also known as Jensen Creek, flows over a sloping exposure of what looks like sandstone, dropping about 20 feet in a shady glen, before resuming a meandering course through an extremely brushy, steep walled canyon. The falls were formerly accessed from the Hans Jensen Youth Group area of Lake Sammammish State Park, but the trail which once was said to lead to the falls has long since disappeared. I did manage to find a much easier method of accessing the falls, but until I can learn for sure whether access is actually legal, I'm not going to post any directions. You're really not missing out on much with this one anyway - I'd be pretty pressed to even recommend this one to waterfall hunters.

HISTORY AND NAMING INFORMATION

  • Laughing Jacobs Falls is the Official name of this waterfall.

Latitude

47.56556 N

Longitude

-122.03912 W

Elevation

266 feet

USGS Quadrangle

Bellevue South 7 1/2"

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OTHER NEARBY WATERFALLS

Name

Distance

Doughty Falls

7.228 miles

Coal Creek Falls

7.344 miles

North Fork Falls

7.565 miles

 

 

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Magnitude

 

IWC

Unrated

RATING

NOT RATED

 

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PHYSICAL MAKEUP

Height

20 feet

Tallest Drop

20 feet

Num. Drops

1

AVG. Width

 

Pitch

Run

 

Primary Form

Gradual Cascade

 

Watershed

Cedar River

Stream

Laughing Jacobs Creek

AVG. Volume

25.0 cfs

Source

Lake

Seasonality

Best Flows

 
 

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UPDATE HISTORY

May 21, 2011

Edited Waterfall Information

 
 
 
 
 

 

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