Lower Salmon Creek Falls is a 60-foot waterfall on Salmon Creek in Tulare County, California, in the Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains region. It lies about 10.3 miles north of Kernville and roughly 33.5 miles east of Porterville as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it is on the modest side for California, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 70 feet; it ranks 148th of 286.
The Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains are rolling hills and low ranges of oak woodland, chaparral and grassland with a Mediterranean climate of wet winters and dry summers. Streams are seasonal, and waterfalls run strongest after winter and spring rains. Salmon Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 450 feet.
Tulare County holds 93 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Salmon Creek Falls, 450 feet high, is about 1.1 miles away. Brush Creek Falls, is about 4.8 miles away. South Creek Falls, 90 feet high, is about 5.3 miles away.
Lower Salmon Creek Falls is located at 35.9020° N, 118.4531° 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.