Swampy Meadows Falls

The slopes of Mount Adams are known to harbor dozens of waterfalls which are for all intents and purposes hidden and unknown, but many of them due to isolation. Swampy Meadows Falls is, on the other hand, hidden in plain sight just a stone's throw away from a popular recreation corridor. The falls are found along a small unnamed stream which flows out of the not-so-creatively named Swampy Meadows, and veils 52 feet over an exposure of Andesite, first veiling freely for about 30 feet, then cascading over rolling ledges below. Though the plateau-like basin which feeds the stream of the falls is fairly small, the wetlands which occupy much of the area should ensure that at least a small volume of water persists throughout the summer. Both times we've surveyed the falls however (in August) the streamflow has been low, but not disappointingly so. We should note that the USGS Steamboat Mountain 1998 quadrangle does not show the proper course of the stream this waterfall occurs along. Rather than the creek making a sharp bend from south to northeast, the stream flows directly east after crossing under Road 23, so our coordinates will not place the waypoint marking the waterfall along the stream as it is mapped.Because this waterfall nor its stream are known to have been named, we've named it for the Swampy Meadows which the stream drains from.