Lower Cougar Creek Falls is a waterfall on Cougar Creek in Snohomish County, Washington, in the North Cascades region, with a total height of about 205 feet. It lies about 17.9 miles southeast of Darrington and roughly 39.4 miles east of Marysville as the crow flies.
At 205 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 197th; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. The water comes down as a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls, combined with a horsetail character.
The North Cascades are a wilderness of jagged peaks, glaciers and deep, forested valleys of western hemlock, silver fir and Douglas fir, with some of the heaviest snowfall in the country. Meltwater from glaciers and snowfields pours down thousands of feet of cliffs in countless cascades and horsetail falls. Cougar Creek carries 10 recorded waterfalls, and Lower Cougar Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 224 recorded waterfalls in Snohomish County. Middle Cougar Creek Falls, a 79-foot slide cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Cougar Creek Falls, a 111-foot veiling horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Unnamed waterfall on Cougar Creek, is under a mile away.
Lower Cougar Creek Falls is located at 48.0745° N, 121.3237° 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.