Dunton Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Fall Creek in Dolores County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 17.1 miles southwest of Mountain Village and roughly 92.8 miles south of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 128th 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. Fall Creek carries 16 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 240 feet.
Dolores County holds 6 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Eagle Falls, a 30-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Kilpacker Creek Falls, a 25-foot tiered waterfall, is about 4.4 miles away. West Dolores River Falls, a 24-foot block waterfall, is about 4.4 miles away.
Dunton Falls is located at 37.7698° N, 108.0947° 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 exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.