Carr Falls is a 370-foot horsetail waterfall in Carr Canyon in the Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, in the Coronado National Forest near Sierra Vista. It runs only in wet weather, and a roadside overlook on Carr Canyon Road looks across to it.
The falls
A tributary of Carr Creek pours over the canyon wall in a single horsetail drop. A lidar survey puts the drop at about 370 feet; it flows only during and right after wet weather.
Getting there
Carr Canyon is managed by the Forest Service's Sierra Vista Ranger District. Carr Canyon Road climbs 1.4 paved miles and then 6.3 miles of steep, narrow dirt; high clearance is recommended beyond Clark Spring, and vehicles over 20 feet and trailers over 12 feet are barred above the picnic area. The Carr Falls Overlook is beside the road, and a path near the road reaches a meadow view. The road can close for snow, flooding or fire danger, so check with the ranger district before driving up.
When to go
Come during the summer monsoon or just after a storm. Photographs taken in monsoon season show the falls running, with low sun casting shadow across the lower part of the fall.
On site
Carr House has picnic tables and exhibits and a drinking fountain in the warm season only; the picnic area and campgrounds have no drinking water, so bring your own. In October 2025 Cochise County search and rescue searched the Carr Falls area for an overdue hiker who had become stuck in the mountains and later made it home.
Nearby
Upper Carr Falls is about 0.2 mile away on the same tributary. Chivo Falls is about 59.8 miles away.
Distances are straight-line.