Lower Deadhorse Creek Falls

Deadhorse Creek is a small stream that drains from the southwest side of Paradise Park, flowing just behind the old visitors center and maintenance facilities before dropping over the edge of the Nisqually Valley. The creek contains two substantial waterfalls, but only this one is easily accessed. This waterfall occurs where Deadhorse Creek cascades over the final step in the valley wall, skipping about 80 feet into the bouldery, ever-shifting stream bed of the Nisqually River. It appears that the floods of 2006 may have actually increased the height of the falls a bit by ripping out the land around the base of the cliff. Due to low stream flow, Deadhorse Creek becomes much less impressive later in the year and the falls most likely wouldn't be worth the scramble to see.