Big Dominguez Creek Falls is a waterfall on tributary of Big Dominguez Creek in Mesa County, Colorado, in the Colorado Plateaus region, with a total height of about 30 feet. It lies about 17.7 miles southeast of Orchard Mesa and roughly 19.2 miles southeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 116th of 162. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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 6 recorded waterfalls in Mesa County. McCarty Bench Falls, is about 7.4 miles away. Escalante Falls, a 12-foot block waterfall, is about 7.7 miles away. Coal Creek Falls, a 130-foot plunge waterfall, is about 16.8 miles away.
Big Dominguez Creek Falls is located at 38.8170° N, 108.3869° 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.