Bilk Creek Falls is a waterfall on Bilk Creek in San Miguel County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region, with a total height of about 400 feet. It lies about 7.4 miles southwest of Mountain Village and roughly 89.5 miles south of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 400 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 162 Colorado waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 5th. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 4 drops.
The Southern Rockies are high, rugged mountains with alpine peaks, spruce-fir and lodgepole forest, aspen groves and glacial valleys. Snowmelt drives strong spring flows over granite and volcanic cliffs.
There are 13 recorded waterfalls in San Miguel County. Gladstone Lake Falls, a 100-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Upper Ames Falls, a 35-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 3.7 miles away. Ames Falls, a 190-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.7 miles away.
Bilk Creek Falls is located at 37.8559° N, 107.9528° 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 creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.