Deception Creek (Washington)
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| Deception Creek | |
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.jpg) Deception Falls on Deception Creek | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | King |
| Town | Stevens Pass |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Trico Lake |
| • location | West of Stevens Pass |
| • coordinates | 47°43′01″N 121°11′36″W / 47.717054°N 121.1934337°W |
| • elevation | 1,855[1] ft (565 m) |
| Length | 9 miles |
Deception Creek is a river that is located in Northwestern King County, Washington. The river starts at the outlet of Trico Lake on Trico Mountain and flows north before flowing into Tye River east of Skykomish. The last stretch of Deception Creek before joining the Tye River forms a cliff that houses the Deception Falls, an 86 feet waterfall.
White Creek rises in the southwestern quarter of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness boundary.[2] The river starts at the north shore of Trico Lake on the west skirt of Trico Mountain. A handful of additional creeks from Trico Lake as well as a creek from Talus Lake from the east, Marmot Lake and Lake Clarice from the west hills join Deception Creek about a mile downstream. The creek runs generally north-northwest for approximately 4.5 miles, at the western slopes of Surprise Mountain and later Spark Plug Mountain. Half way its course it meets Fisher Creek arriving from Fisher Lake.
It then picks up Sawyer Creek east of Forest Road 6830. Deception Creek keeps a fairly straight course north, creates an 86 waterfall, Deception Falls less than half a mile before flowing into the Tye River just south of the Old Cascade Highway.