Short Gulch Falls is a 320-foot waterfall on Short Gulch in Garfield County, Colorado, in the Colorado Plateaus region. It lies about 15.4 miles northwest of Parachute and roughly 37 miles north of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 320 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Colorado’s 162 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 14th; the typical Colorado waterfall is about 65 feet.
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.
Garfield County holds 40 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Wiesse Creek Falls, 320 feet high, is under a mile away. Doe Creek Falls, is about 1.6 miles away. Crystal Creek Falls, is about 2 miles away.
Short Gulch Falls is located at 39.5635° N, 108.3019° 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.