Fall Creek Falls is a waterfall on Fall Creek in Gunnison County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region, with a total height of about 240 feet. It lies about 17.2 miles northeast of Ouray and roughly 87.4 miles southeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 240 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Colorado’s 162 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 25th; the typical Colorado waterfall is about 65 feet. The tallest single drop is 150 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. Fall Creek carries 16 recorded waterfalls, and Fall Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 17 recorded waterfalls in Gunnison County. Big Green Falls, a 65-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 5.8 miles away. East Fork Falls, a horsetail waterfall, is about 5.9 miles away. Upper East Fork Falls, is about 6.9 miles away.
Fall Creek Falls is located at 38.1651° N, 107.4123° 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.