Upper Emerald Pools Falls is a waterfall in Washington County, Utah, in the Colorado Plateaus region, with a total height of about 600 feet. It lies about 17.1 miles east of LaVerkin and roughly 35.6 miles east of Saint George as the crow flies.
At 600 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 18 Utah waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 2nd.
The Colorado Plateaus are a high desert of layered sandstone mesas, canyons and plateaus with pinyon-juniper woodland and sagebrush. Waterfalls here are often seasonal, spilling over sandstone ledges after storms or snowmelt.
There are 13 recorded waterfalls in Washington County. Emerald Pools Falls, 100 feet high, is under a mile away. Birch Creek Falls, 600 feet high, is about 1.6 miles away. Menu Falls, 12 feet high, is about 1.7 miles away.
Upper Emerald Pools Falls is located at 37.2576° N, 112.9669° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.