Escalante Falls is a 12-foot waterfall on tributary of Escalante Creek in Delta County, Colorado, in the Colorado Plateaus region. It lies about 11.1 miles west of Delta and roughly 26.4 miles southeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 12 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 155th of 162. By form it is a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
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.
Delta County holds 2 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. McCarty Bench Falls, is about 2.7 miles away. Big Dominguez Creek Falls, a 30-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 7.7 miles away. Coal Creek Falls, a 130-foot plunge waterfall, is about 18.5 miles away.
Escalante Falls is located at 38.7475° N, 108.2741° 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.