Davis Gulch Falls is a waterfall on Davis Gulch in Garfield County, Colorado, in the Colorado Plateaus region, with a total height of about 200 feet. It lies about 12.4 miles north of Parachute and roughly 45.3 miles northeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 200 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Colorado’s 162 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 30th; the typical Colorado waterfall is about 65 feet. 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 40 recorded waterfalls in Garfield County. Bear Cabin Gulch Falls, a 400-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away. West Fork Falls, a 320-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 2.7 miles away. East Middle Fork Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 2.8 miles away.
Davis Gulch Falls is located at 39.6254° N, 108.1118° 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.