Bourbon Lake Falls is a 30-foot waterfall on Wolfpen Creek in Bourbon County, Kansas, in the Central Irregular Plains region. It lies about 18.7 miles northeast of Erie and roughly 57.8 miles northwest of Joplin as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 15 Kansas waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 2nd. By form it is a dam-created falls, where a man-made structure creates the drop.
The Central Irregular Plains are rolling terrain of former prairie and oak woodland, now farmland, with only a few small waterfalls.
Bourbon County holds 2 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Rock Creek Lake Falls, 10 feet high, is about 16.8 miles away.
Bourbon Lake Falls is located at 37.7982° N, 95.0633° 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.