Chush Falls

{{Short description|Waterfall in Oregon, United States}}

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Chush Falls, also known as Lower Squaw Creek Falls and Lower Whychus Falls, is a waterfall formed along Whychus Creek on the north skirt of North Sister, west side of the city of Bend in Deschutes County, Oregon.{{cite web |url= https://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/waterfall/Chush-Falls-3713|title= Chush Falls - Deschutes County, Oregon|last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=Northwest Waterfall Survey |publisher= |access-date= 10 June 2017|quote=}} Access to Chush Falls is from Forest Service Road 16, south of Highway 242. The trail to the falls ends at the canyon rim overlooking the falls, but unmarked paths lead down to the base of the waterfall.

Chush is a Sahaptin word for water.{{cite web | work = Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) | publisher = United States Geological Survey | date = November 28, 1980 | url ={{Gnis3|1150263}} | title = Upper Chush Falls|accessdate=April 30, 2012}}