Cornet Falls is a 60-foot waterfall on Cornet Creek in San Miguel County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 0.4 miles north of Telluride and roughly 87.2 miles southeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 85th of 162. By form it is a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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 Miguel County holds 13 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Royer Creek Falls, is about 1.3 miles away. Marshall Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away. Mill Creek Falls, a 30-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 2.2 miles away.
Cornet Falls is located at 37.9433° N, 107.8102° 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.