Lava Canyon Falls
Washington · 132-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Lava Canyon Falls is 137 cfs today, around its seasonal average.
Expect dry conditions today — don't drive out for this one. Flow is at 140 cfs (bottom 0% of the last 30 days, vs. 161.3 cfs average). The 7-day NOAA forecast shows no significant rain.
Right now
Streamflow
137 cfs
MUDDY RIVER BELOW CLEAR · 51m ago
Overnight
52°F
Partly Cloudy
Tuesday
67°F
Mostly Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:45 AM · Sunset 8:44 PM · 14h 59m
Snapshot built 9m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PQR.
Lava Canyon Falls is a waterfall in Washington. It drops roughly 132 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Lava Canyon Falls is in Washington. It drops along Muddy River. The base sits at roughly 2,598 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 19 minutes from Cougar. A trail — Lava Canyon Trail — runs within 20 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap.
Lava Canyon Falls drops 200 feet along the Muddy River in Skamania County, Washington.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 14216500 · 7.7 mi away
MUDDY RIVER BELOW CLEAR CREEK NEAR COUGAR, WA
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 147 cfs · 95% of last year — similar
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lava Canyon Falls (this page) | — | 132 ft | — | — | — |
| Chocolate Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Paradise Falls | 6 mi | 126 ft | — | — | — |
| Loowit Falls | 6 mi | 186 ft | — | — | — |
| Middle Loowit Falls | 6 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Step Falls | 6 mi | 115 ft | — | — | — |
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Questions visitors ask about Lava Canyon Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How tall is Lava Canyon Falls?
Lava Canyon Falls is 132 feet (40.2 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Lava Canyon Falls from a major city?
Lava Canyon Falls is 13 miles from Cougar (about 19 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
46.1700, -122.0829
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_Canyon_Falls
Wikidata (Q6502183)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6502183
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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