Burns Gulch Falls is a 35-foot waterfall on Burns Gulch in San Juan County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 10.4 miles southeast of Ouray and roughly 96.5 miles southeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 35 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 109th of 162. By form it is 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.
San Juan County holds 7 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Gray Copper Falls, a 100-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 5.8 miles away. Witmore Falls, a 30-foot punchbowl waterfall, is about 6.7 miles away. Upper Wildhorse Basin Falls, a 150-foot tiered waterfall, is about 7.5 miles away.
Burns Gulch Falls is located at 37.9058° N, 107.5527° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.