A Waterfall Lover's Guide to the Pacific Northwest 4th ed.
Inland Empire 
15 Palouse Canyon
Waterfall Entries (refer to hardcopy book for descriptions and directions; page numbers are provided below)

Palouse Falls
Rating: *****
Form: plunge
Magnitude: 86
Access: auto (page 157)
USGS Map: Palouse Falls (2011)










Little Palouse Falls
Rating: ***
Form: block
Magnitude: 66
Access: trail (page 157)
USGS Map: Palouse Falls (2011)
Description & Directions: UNFORTUNATELY THIS RANGELAND HAS BEEN CLOSED TO PUBLIC ACCESS.

Upper Palouse Falls (u)
Rating: *
Form: segmented
Magnitude: 30
Access: trail and bushwhack (page 157)
USGS Map: Palouse Falls (2011 nl)
Description & Directions: UNFORTUNATELY THIS RANGELAND HAS BEEN CLOSED TO PUBLIC ACCESS.

Others
Updates: Photographs from Google Earth reveal the existence of Middle Palouse Falls, USGS Palouse Falls (2011 ns). The state park map shows a trail leading to a viewpoint from the west side of the river. Topographic maps suggest access to both Cow Creek Falls (u), USGS Coyote Butte (1981 nl) and Upper Cow Creek Falls (u), USGS Coyote Butte (1981 nl), provided visitation is not prohibited.

Thick brush masks any view of small Weimer Creek Falls(u), USGS Falling Springs (1981 nl).  Nothing larger than a riffle could be found at Tucannon River Falls (u), USGS Tucannon (1967 nl)Hompegg Falls, USGS Eckler Mtn (1995) is shown next to a road within Umatilla National Forest.  Sheep Creek Falls (u), USGS Stentz Spring (1995 nl), is in the same national forest, but is not likely accessible.


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