Lover’s Lane Falls is a 53-foot waterfall on Canyon Creek in Clallam County, Washington, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 21.6 miles southwest of Port Angeles and roughly 70.1 miles west of Shoreline as the crow flies.
At 53 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 601st of 941. By form it is a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls, combined with a horsetail character.
The Coast Range is a belt of steep, deeply dissected hills along the Pacific, wrapped in dense temperate rainforest of Douglas fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and red alder. Heavy winter rain feeds short, fast creeks lined with ferns, salmonberry and moss that drop steeply toward the ocean or the Columbia. Canyon Creek carries 12 recorded waterfalls, and Lover’s Lane Falls is the tallest of them.
Clallam County holds 49 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower Canyon Creek Falls, is under a mile away. Sol Duc Falls, a 48-foot segmented plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Middle Canyon Creek Falls, is about 1.2 miles away.
Lover’s Lane Falls is located at 47.9504° N, 123.8261° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.