Spruce Creek Falls is a waterfall on Spruce Creek in Larimer County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region, with a total height of about 20 feet. It lies about 7.8 miles west of Estes Park and roughly 31.2 miles northwest of Boulder as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 140th of 162. The water comes down as 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. Spruce Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Spruce Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 28 recorded waterfalls in Larimer County. Fern Falls, a 70-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Marguerite Falls, a fan waterfall, is under a mile away. Windy Gulch Cascades, is about 1.4 miles away.
Spruce Creek Falls is located at 40.3501° N, 105.6653° 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.