Eagle Falls is a 30-foot waterfall on Eagle Creek in Dolores County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 17.5 miles southwest of Mountain Village and roughly 93.1 miles south of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 116th 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. Eagle Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Eagle Falls is the tallest of them.
Dolores County holds 6 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Dunton Falls, a 25-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Kilpacker Creek Falls, a 25-foot tiered waterfall, is about 4.8 miles away. West Dolores River Falls, a 24-foot block waterfall, is about 4.8 miles away.
Eagle Falls is located at 37.7637° N, 108.0978° 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.