Lower Cataract Falls is a waterfall on Mill Creek in Owen County, Indiana, in the Interior Plateau region. It lies about 5.2 miles south of Cloverdale and roughly 24.7 miles northwest of Bloomington as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
The Interior Plateau is a rolling limestone landscape of pasture, oak-hickory woodland and cedar glades in Kentucky and Tennessee, riddled with springs, sinkholes and caves. Waterfalls drop over limestone ledges and in karst valleys. Mill Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls along its course.
Owen County holds 2 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Upper Cataract Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Vermillion Falls, is about 18.5 miles away. Groundhog Falls, is about 19.1 miles away.
Lower Cataract Falls is located at 39.4424° N, 86.8195° 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.