Kitsap Waterfall Survey: "White Train Falls"

Kitsap Creek originates from a small lake high up on the forested plateau owned by the Ueland Tree Farm, west of Kitsap Lake. The southeast side of this plateau is a large sudden drop off into a valley. At the edge of the plateau where the creek flows across this drop off, it has incised a impressive, nearly impenetrable gorge into the hillside through which it crashes in a cacophony of hissing water. At the head of this gorge, where the creek hurls itself into it, is "White Train Falls."

Upper two tiers of "White Train Falls," Kitsap Creek, Kitsap County, WA.
Photo by Micah K. 

"White Train Falls" consists of 3 main tiers and maybe more. The waterfall begins where it drops over two 5 foot steps, immediately slides over the edge of a basalt headwall, and horsetails 20 feet into a small plunge pool. Immediately after this pool, the creek takes a slight left turn and crashes chaotically down another drop of about 20 feet. Finally, after briefly resting in a pool created by a small logjam, the creek takes a final leap of about 10 feet as a beautiful twisting horsetail. Below the falls, the bedrock ends and the creek continues cascading over loose boulders until it passes below a railroad line.

The lower 10ft tier of "White Train Falls," Kitsap Creek, Kitsap County, WA.
Photo by Micah K.