Martin Falls is a 408-foot waterfall on Devils Creek in Grant County, Washington, in the Columbia Plateau region. It lies about 7 miles southwest of Electric City and roughly 79.4 miles west of Spokane as the crow flies.
At 408 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 81st; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet. The tallest single drop is 342 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another, combined with a plunge character. It falls in 2 drops.
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.
Grant County holds 15 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Rusho Creek Falls, a 504-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Lower Ladds Creek Falls, a 106-foot plunge waterfall, is about 3.9 miles away. Ladds Creek Falls, is about 3.9 miles away.
Martin Falls is located at 47.8455° N, 119.1167° 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.