Chama Falls is an 800-foot waterfall on tributary of Rio Chama in Conejos County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 14.7 miles north of Chama and roughly 104.6 miles north of Santa Fe as the crow flies.
At 800 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 162 Colorado waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 1st. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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. tributary of Rio Chama carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Chama Falls is the tallest of them.
Conejos County holds 16 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. East Fork Chama Falls, a 300-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Divide Falls, is about 1.6 miles away. Chama Lake Falls, a 400-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away.
Chama Falls is located at 37.1149° N, 106.5631° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.