Lower Falls is a waterfall on Lacamas Creek in Clark County, Washington, in the Willamette Valley region, with a total height of about 30 feet. It lies about 0.7 miles north of Camas and roughly 7.1 miles north of Gresham as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 766th of 941. The water comes down as a slide, where the water glides down a smooth, inclined rock surface, combined with a cascade character.
The Willamette Valley is a broad, flat agricultural lowland between the Coast Range and the Cascades, with oak savanna and Douglas fir on its margins. Waterfalls occur mostly on the valley’s edges, where tributaries drop off the surrounding foothills. Lacamas Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Lower Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 21 recorded waterfalls in Clark County. Woodburn Falls, a 20-foot veiling horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Pothole Falls, a 20-foot segmented plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Smith Creek Falls, is about 6.4 miles away across the state line in Oregon.
Lower Falls is located at 45.5970° N, 122.3942° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.