Canyon Creek Falls is a 285-foot waterfall on Canyon Creek in Ouray County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 0.5 miles southwest of Ouray and roughly 86.3 miles southeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 285 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Colorado’s 162 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 21st; the typical Colorado waterfall is about 65 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
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.
Ouray County holds 23 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Oak Creek Falls, is under a mile away. Cascade Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Bear Creek Falls, a 227-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away.
Canyon Creek Falls is located at 38.0179° N, 107.6787° 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 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.