Red Canyon Falls is a waterfall on Roaring Fork in Jackson County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region, with a total height of about 25 feet. It lies about 20.3 miles northeast of Steamboat Springs and roughly 79.3 miles west of Fort Collins as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 128th of 162. The tallest single drop is 17 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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. Roaring Fork carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 100 feet.
There are 2 recorded waterfalls in Jackson County. Gold Creek Falls, a fan waterfall, is about 8 miles away. Big Creek Falls, a segmented waterfall, is about 13.8 miles away. Upper Fish Creek Falls, a 45-foot fan waterfall, is about 18.5 miles away.
Red Canyon Falls is located at 40.7128° N, 106.5884° 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.