Lower Murhut Falls is a 50-foot waterfall on Murhut Creek in Jefferson County, Washington, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 10.8 miles west of Seabeck and roughly 33.5 miles west of Shoreline as the crow flies.
At 50 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 619th of 941.
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. Murhut Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 153 feet.
Jefferson County holds 131 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Middle Murhut Falls, 80 feet high, is under a mile away. Murhut Falls, a 153-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Waterfall 11 mi W of Seabeck, is under a mile away.
Lower Murhut Falls is located at 47.6778° N, 123.0536° 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.