Cow Creek Falls is a waterfall on Cow Creek in Ouray County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region, with a total height of about 150 feet. It lies about 6.5 miles east of Ouray and roughly 89.1 miles southeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 150 feet it is taller than the typical Colorado waterfall of about 65 feet, ranking 44th of 162 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 120 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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. Cow Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Cow Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 23 recorded waterfalls in Ouray County. Upper Cow Creek Falls, is about 1.3 miles away. Blackwall Creek Falls, a 100-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away. Lower Wildhorse Basin Falls, a 27-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away.
Cow Creek Falls is located at 38.0376° N, 107.5528° 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.