Lower Ladds Creek Falls is a waterfall on Ladds Creek in Grant County, Washington, in the Columbia Plateau region, with a total height of about 106 feet. It lies about 10.9 miles southwest of Electric City and roughly 81.7 miles west of Spokane as the crow flies.
At 106 feet it is taller than the typical Washington waterfall of about 82 feet, ranking 385th of 941 with a recorded height. The water comes down as a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
The Columbia Plateau is a vast expanse of layered basalt flows covered by sagebrush steppe, grassland and dryland wheat. Waterfalls here drop over basalt cliffs in coulees and river canyons carved by ancient floods. Ladds Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Lower Ladds Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 15 recorded waterfalls in Grant County. Ladds Creek Falls, is under a mile away. Rusho Creek Falls, a 504-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away. Martin Falls, a 408-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is about 3.9 miles away.
Lower Ladds Creek Falls is located at 47.8044° N, 119.1745° 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.