A Waterfall Lover's Guide to the Pacific Northwest 4th ed.
Mount Rainier 
15 Lower Ohanapecosh
Waterfall Entries (refer to hardcopy book for descriptions and directions; page numbers are provided below)

Lava Creek Falls
Rating: ***
Form: horsetail
Magnitude: 86
Access: auto (page 114)
USGS Map: Ohanapechosh Hot Springs (1989 nl)










Grant Purcell Falls
Rating: *
Form: cascade
Magnitude: 12 (l)
Access: trail (page 114)
USGS Map: Ohanapecosh Hot Springs (1989)










Upper Falls (u)
Rating: **
Form: cascade
Magnitude: 35
Access: auto (page 114)
USGS Map: Ohanapecosh Hot Springs (1989 ns)

Thunder Falls
Rating: ***
Form: fan
Magnitude: 72
Access: trail and bushwhack (page 115)
USGS Map: Ohanapecosh Hot Springs (1989 ns)










Fish Ladder Falls
Rating: ***
Form: horsetail
Magnitude: 48
Access: bushwhack (page 115)
USGS Map: Ohanapecosh Hot Springs (1989)
Update: According to a reliable source, road deterioration has now made it a one-mile trek on foot to the canyon rim view of the falls.








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