Lower Wallace Falls is a waterfall on Wallace Creek in Snohomish County, Washington, in the Puget Lowland region, with a total height of about 212 feet. It lies about 2.2 miles northeast of Gold Bar and roughly 25.3 miles northeast of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 212 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 192nd; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. The tallest single drop is 66 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a horsetail character. It falls in 5 drops.
The Puget Lowland is a glacially shaped basin of low hills, lakes and wetlands between the Olympics and the Cascades, once covered by Douglas fir and western red cedar and now the most settled part of Washington. Streams here run through terraces of glacial till and outwash, with waterfalls where creeks cut through the deposits. Wallace Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Lower Wallace Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 224 recorded waterfalls in Snohomish County. Wallace Falls, a 367-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Upper Wallace Falls, a 240-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. North Fork Wallace Falls, is under a mile away.
Lower Wallace Falls is located at 47.8725° N, 121.6565° 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 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.