Apple Maps has the wrong destination for Martha Lake Park
Visiting Martha Lake and Larch Way
- Apple Maps will bring you to the front of the park along 164th St SE. You cannot park along 164th. Instead turn north on 6th Ave W or alternately turn north on Larch Way for a drive around the lake. The parking lot for Martha Lake Park is along East Shore Drive.
- Wallace Falls (waterfallsnorthwest.com)
Wallace Falls is one of the most well known waterfalls in the North Cascades, and the centerpiece of popular Wallace Falls State Park just outside the town of Gold Bar. The falls drop a cumulative 392 feet in four distinct steps, though the final two drops are not visible from the trail system. The initial leap of the falls hurtles 265 feet into a large amphitheater and can be seen from US Highway 2 in the valley below. Upon exiting the large pool below the main drop, the river funnels into a 75 foot drop which plunges over a section of free fall in between cascades. The third and fourth drops tumble an additional 7 feet and 26 feet respectively, but are situated deep within the gorge and cannot be seen from the designated viewpoints. The remainder of the overall height is accounted for in small cascades in between each tier.