Buckeye Basin Falls

RATING - 16.4

VR - 1.8 (Sm) HR - 8.0 SR - 2/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Roadside

DIFFICULTY - Very Easy

LOCATION - Darrington

TYPE - Horsetail

HEIGHT - 400'

WIDTH - 5'

GPS - N48 12' 43.16" W121 39' 10.20"

ELEVATION - 2800'

DIRECTIONS - Drive into the town of Darrington and turn south on the Mountain Loop Highway. This waterfall can be seen by looking south into Buckeye Basin. The best view is from around the Old School Park in the middle of town. It should be possible to get into the basin itself for a close up view, but I haven't done so yet.

Buckeye Basin is located on the northeast side of Whitehorse Mountain. Inside the basin, a series of small streams flow off the mountain over fairly tall waterfalls. From the town of Darrington, one of these falls is clearly visible when it is flowing well. Once all the streams combine, they form Buckeye Creek which flows over its own waterfall as it leaves the basin. This falls, as well as the basin, should be reachable via a roadwalk/bike ride and then a relatively lengthy bushwhack. I plan on viewing both of these waterfalls up close at some point and you can then expect the rating to go way up. The 400' height is a very rough estimate based on the Topo maps and aerial imagery.