Lower Boulder Creek Falls is a waterfall on Boulder Creek in Clallam County, Washington, in the Coast Range region, with a total height of about 35 feet. It lies about 16.7 miles southwest of Port Angeles and roughly 65.3 miles west of Shoreline as the crow flies.
At 35 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 722nd of 941. The tallest single drop is 20 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a plunge character. It falls in 3 drops.
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. Boulder Creek carries 17 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 200 feet.
There are 49 recorded waterfalls in Clallam County. Upper Boulder Creek Falls, a 100-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Hot Springs Falls, is about 1.2 miles away. Schoeffel Creek Falls, 300 feet high, is about 1.8 miles away.
Lower Boulder Creek Falls is located at 47.9674° N, 123.7134° 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 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.